The Pleasures and Perils of Smoking in Calverley’s “Ode to Tobacco”
Politicians now promise a “smoke-free” UK, but one Cambridge plaque suggests an alternative plan: doctors be damned, “take a fresh cigar!”
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York Asylum in Flames: Godfrey Higgins and the Abuse Scandal of 1813
In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, we look at another historic struggle to assign blame for shocking neglect and a deadly fire.
Migration Museum: NHS Exhibition review
The Migration Museum’s ‘Heart of the Nation’ exhibition explores how migrants built Britain’s NHS, even in the face of systemic racism.
On Tour Development: From Curiosity and Colonialism to Unnatural Histories
As we launch a new tour of Oxford’s Natural History Museum, we reflect on lessons learnt from exploring the dark side of curiosity.
Mushroom Clouds over the Dreaming Spires
Until recently, when contemplating a future of climate chaos, unaffordable housing, dystopian tech, xenophobic nationalism, …
‘Anti-Vacers’: Vaccine Resistance in nineteenth-century Oxfordshire
The COVID-19 pandemic brought vaccine tensions to the forefront of public discourse. Oxford centred vividly …
Medicine and Colonization: How Scientific Research Shapes Politics
In recent months we have seen a wave of renaming initiatives around the world, which …
An Interview with Isabella Hammad: Part Two
This is the second part of an interview with Isabella Hammad, the author of The Parisian: an epic tale of a Palestinian man’s journey beginning at the outbreak of the First World War.
Francis Galton: Eugenics and Modern Medicine
Galton’s political beliefs evidently undermined the rigour of his qualitative claims. What is less discussed …
A Brief History of Oxford Time
A brief history of time and temporality in Oxford, from tradition and fiction to science and modernity
Beyond the Body: A portrait of autopsy
An exhibition review by Amy Holguin, Uncomfortable Oxford Guides Manager The first thing that struck …
