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Wonder Wander: Why We Walk (and Talk) for Philosophy

Thoughtful — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:53:17 +0000

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The Pleasures and Perils of Smoking in Calverley’s “Ode to Tobacco”

Richard Parnell — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 15:43:12 +0000

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

Amy Jones — Sun, 08 Sep 2024 22:00:44 +0000

In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, we look at another historic struggle to assign blame for shocking neglect and a deadly fire.

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Migration Museum: NHS Exhibition review

Nadia Awad — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 22:42:50 +0000

The Migration Museum's 'Heart of the Nation' exhibition explores how migrants built Britain's NHS, even in the face of systemic racism.

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On Tour Development: From Curiosity and Colonialism to Unnatural Histories

Devika — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 22:04:51 +0000

As we launch a new tour of Oxford's Natural History Museum, we reflect on lessons learnt from exploring the dark side of curiosity.

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Mushroom Clouds over the Dreaming Spires

Louis Morris — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 15:09:00 +0000

Until recently, when contemplating a future of climate chaos, unaffordable housing, dystopian tech, xenophobic nationalism, ...

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‘Anti-Vacers’: Vaccine Resistance in nineteenth-century Oxfordshire

Paula Larsson — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 10:08:00 +0000

The COVID-19 pandemic brought vaccine tensions to the forefront of public discourse. Oxford centred vividly ...

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Medicine and Colonization: How Scientific Research Shapes Politics

Lunan Zhao — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 09:13:00 +0000

In recent months we have seen a wave of renaming initiatives around the world, which ...

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An Interview with Isabella Hammad: Part Two

Lunan Zhao — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:57:00 +0000

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.

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Francis Galton: Eugenics and Modern Medicine

Lunan Zhao — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 15:16:00 +0000

Galton’s political beliefs evidently undermined the rigour of his qualitative claims. What is less discussed ...

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