BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Uncomfortable Oxford - ECPv6.17.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Uncomfortable Oxford X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Uncomfortable Oxford REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260615T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260615T193000 DTSTAMP:20260524T165532Z CREATED:20260524T163549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260524T165532Z UID:11808-1781546400-1781551800@www.uncomfortableoxford.com SUMMARY:Tour in support of SolidariTee for 2026 Refugee week DESCRIPTION:Donate to Join: The Original Uncomfortable Oxford™ Tour\n\n BOOK or DONATE\n\n\n\n\n Join us for a special fundraising tour hosted by Uncomfortable Oxford in support of SolidariTee for 2026 Refugee Week.\n \n\n Uncomfortable Oxford designs and runs thought-provoking tours that explore the ‘uncomfortable’ legacies of inequality and imperialism within the city and university. As a certified Social Enterprise\, all profits are reinvested in local community projects and initiatives that align with our social mission.\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\nFundraising for Refugee Week and SolidariTee\nPeople all over the world are impacted by humanitarian crises\, and some people have no choice but to leave. Many end up on European borders\, including people fleeing Palestine\, Sudan\, Iran\, Ukraine\, and more. \nUK and European border policies have been hostile for a long time\, but continue to escalate in the last few months: be it the 1-in-1-out deal between the UK and France\, or the Greek government moving to criminalise and imprison refugees – simply for seeking safety. \n\n By attending this tour\, you are generously helping our partners provide legal and psychological aid and defend human rights on Europe’s borders. Border violence is intimately linked to the power structures of empire\, race\, and class\, which have also shaped the rich history of the city of Oxford. We can’t wait to see you at this Uncomfortable tour to learn more.\n \n\nDonation & Ticket Options\nAll proceeds from the tour will be donated to SolidariTee\, to support legal and psychological aid delivered by SolidariTee’s partner grassroot organisations working in Greece. \n\nYour Impact: \n\n£10 is enough to cover rent for an NGO office space for a day.\n£40 (two supporter tickets) can fund a legal empowerment session inside a refugee camp.\n\n\n\n BOOK or DONATE\n\n\n ℹ️ Forced Displacement Concession: We are pleased to offer free tickets to people with lived experience of forced displacement. To request a free ticket\, please email teamsolidaritee@solidaritee.org.uk.\n \n\n ℹ️ If you would like to make a donation but do not wish to attend the tour\, you can choose the option above\, or donate directly via the SolidariTee Donorbox Page.\n \n*Please note: all children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. \n\nTour Description\nDiscover Oxford’s iconic landmarks while uncovering the city’s diverse and complex past. This unique guided walk around Oxford’s city centre is the perfect introduction to the city’s rich history\, offering a deep look at the events which have shaped both the university and the city. Explore stories of empire\, race\, class\, and gender\, and learn how these themes continue to influence our modern world. \nLed by knowledgeable University researchers who have completed our specialised Uncomfortable Oxford training program\, this tour combines expert insight with engaging storytelling\, making it both educational and entertaining. \nSuitability: This is a great family-friendly tour of Oxford\, suitable for ages 12 and up. It is a stimulating\, unique tour for those with an interest in cultural tourism\, history lovers\, and anyone interested in discovering Oxford’s diverse past. \n\n\nItinerary\n*Subject to minor changes depending on time and guide. \n\nMeeting Point: Fantastea – 36 High Street\, Oxford OX1 4AN\nRadcliffe Camera\nRhodes Statue\nAll Souls College\nWeston Library\nSheldonian Theatre\nBalliol College\nFaculty of History\nBonn Square\n\n\nAccessibility & Guidelines\n\nPlease dress for the weather and be prepared for busy city centre streets.\nWheelchair accessible: Mostly flat terrain with some cobblestones. Spaces to sit down or lean throughout the route.\nToilets are available on the route.\nAll guides take accessibility training and are happy to adapt to diverse needs. Please let your guide know if accommodations are required.\nContent is curated for ages 12+\, but guides can adapt stories for younger children.\n\n\n\nAbout SolidariTee\nSolidariTee is an international charity run and led entirely by volunteers who are students and young people. Our vision is a world in which every person forced to flee persecution and violence has access to timely\, high-quality legal and mental health support. \nWe combine student and youth-led activism that builds knowledge about refugees and displacement with direct support to grassroots partner organisations providing trauma-informed legal aid. To find out more about our work\, and our partners\, visit www.solidaritee.org.uk and check out our 2025 annual report. \nUK Registered Charity 1182195 \n\n\n BOOK or DONATE URL:https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/event/tour-in-support-of-2026-refugee-week LOCATION:Meet at Fantastea\, High street CATEGORIES:Tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/05/Walking-Tour-of-Oxford-in-support-of-Refugee-Week-2026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260912T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260912T121500 DTSTAMP:20260720T205705Z CREATED:20260720T201402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260720T205705Z UID:11874-1789210800-1789215300@www.uncomfortableoxford.com SUMMARY:Deconstructing Rhodes House - Free Tour for Oxford Open Doors DESCRIPTION:How do physical structures hold imperial memories? Why did Rhodes invest his wealth in Oxford? How are the legacies of British imperialism being addressed today?\n \n\n Join Uncomfortable Oxford for Oxford Open Doors as we explore the architecture\, history\, and evolving legacy of Rhodes House.\n \n\n On this 75 minute guided tour\, we ask a fundamental question: What does it mean to inherit a building shaped by empire? Developed in collaboration with the Atlantic Institute and with valuable input from Rhodes Scholars\, this brand-new tour invites participants into an open conversation about the physical and historical space of one of Oxford’s most iconic institutions.\n \n \n\n\n Presented in Partnership With\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n \nDate & Details\n\n\n 📅 Date: Saturday 12 September\n \n\n ⏰ Times: 11:00 AM & 2:00 PM (75 mins in length)\n \n\n 📍 Meeting Point: At the main entrance to Rhodes House (Porter Lodge)\n \n\n\n ⚠️ Booking Essential: Advance booking is required\, book now before tickets run out!\n \n \n\n BOOK NOW\n\n\n\n\nDeconstructing Rhodes House Tour\n This tour is gratefully offered through the support of the Rhodes Trust as part of the Oxford Open Doors Festival. Read more about the tour development and on-going collaboration on our project page. \n\n Read about the project →\n \n \n\nOxford Open Doors Schedule\nDiscover other events\, tours\, and open doors happening across the city. \n\n See other events for Oxford Open Doors →\n \n \n\n\n \n\n BOOK NOW URL:https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/event/deconstructing-rhodes-house-oxford-open-doors-special-tour LOCATION:Meet at Rhodes House\, S Parks Rd\, S Parks Rd\, Oxford\, OX1 3RG\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Festival,Tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/07/UnOx-Event-image-cards-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260925T173000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260925T190000 DTSTAMP:20260826T111926Z CREATED:20260826T105207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T111926Z UID:11936-1790357400-1790362800@www.uncomfortableoxford.com SUMMARY:Wonder Wander 2026 - Fundraiser Tour: History of Medicine DESCRIPTION:What does medical progress really mean?\nWho gets to benefit from it — and who gets left behind?\nAnd what happens when saving lives comes at an ethical cost? \nDonate to join this Wonder Wander 2026 fundraising tour in support of Thoughtful\, UK’s longest-running charity dedicated to philosophy for children and communities. This tour on the history of medicine in Oxford will be accompanied by a philosopher from the Uehiro Oxford Institute\, Dr Jonathan Pugh\, who will be raising additional questions pertaining to research ethics\, public health ethics and open the tour to wider conversations about practical ethics. \nDate & Details\n\n📅 Date: Friday 25 September \n⏰ Time: 5:30 PM (90 mins in length) \n📍 Meeting Point: Meet under the Bridge of Sighs (Hertford Bridge)\, OX1 3BL \n\n⚠️ Booking Essential: Advance booking is required\, each ticket helps fund the activities of Thoughtful. \nDonate to Join \nAbout Thoughtful\nSince 1992\, Thoughtful (formerly SAPERE) has trained teachers and worked directly with young people to build the confidence to think for themselves\, and with others. They focus resources where they’re needed most\, working with socio-economically and educationally disadvantaged learners to make philosophical enquiry more equitable. From classrooms to communities\, they help people think deeply\, communicate clearly and treat one another with care. \nWonder Wander is Thoughtful’s annual walking-and-talking fundraiser. Each year they take philosophical enquiry into new communities and raise money to fund the classes\, teacher training and resources that keep P4C growing across the UK. Past Wonder Wanders have funded after-school philosophy clubs and sessions for care-experienced young people. \nDonations ensure that Thoughtful can keep reaching new schools\, developing new opportunities and sharing what happens when people are given the space to think together. Every gift helps make philosophical enquiry possible. \nThe price of your ticket is a donation to Thoughtful\, funding core work to bring philosophical enquiry to more people and places. \nDonations start at £10 per ticket. \nDonate to Join \nAbout the Tour:\nDissect the long history of medical research and practice in Oxford. The history of medicine is always a bit uncomfortable. This tour walks you through medical history in the city from medieval plagues and the founding of the medical school\, to the first trials of penicillin. Far from a straightforward linear progression\, Oxford’s medical history is a complicated conversation about health equity\, medical ethics\, and continued clashes over the control of the body. Using the built environment\, we examine health geographies\, resistance to public health policies\, and the tensions inherent in medical progress. \nTour recommended for ages 12 and older. \nACCESSIBLITY: \n\nAll tours are wheelchair accessible\, but please note some mildly uneven pavement and crowding in the city centre\, especially on weekends.\nService animals are welcome on all tours.\nCarers and accessibility aids are welcome to attend free of charge and do not need to register.\nThe total distance walked during each tour is less than one mile. Each tour includes moments for sitting/leaning against walls\, and toilets are available at certain points along the routes.\n\nWe do not usually use amplifying audio equipment but can arrange to do this upon request and with advance notice. Please inform your guide if any visual or hearing accommodations required\, and they will keep this in mind throughout the tour. All our guides receive accessibility training and are prepared to make accommodations as needed. \n\nBack to all Uncomfortable Oxford tours\nBack to Uncomfortable Oxford homepage URL:https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/event/wonder-wander-2026-fundraiser-tour LOCATION:Meet under the Bridge of Sighs (Hertford Bridge)\, OX1 3BL\, Hertford Bridge\, Oxford\, OX13BL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Festival,Tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/08/Wonder-Wander-2026-Picture-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261021T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261021T193000 DTSTAMP:20260827T074836Z CREATED:20260827T074836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260827T074836Z UID:11948-1792605600-1792611000@www.uncomfortableoxford.com SUMMARY:Spilling the Tea - IF Festival 2026 DESCRIPTION: IF FESTIVAL TALK & TEA TASTING\nWhat stories are hidden in your cup of tea? Taste a selection of teas from around the world while unravelling histories of empire\, trade\, labour and resistance. Learn how tea cultivation and consumption shaped lives\, environments and global connections\, discuss its lasting legacies\, and discover the uncomfortable histories behind your daily brew… \nJoin speakers from Uncomfortable Oxford at Fantastea for an informal and interactive talk about the cultural and social history of tea. We will match each story with a specific brew that you will be able to sample during the event. \nThis event is a collaboration with IF Oxford: it is part of the Festival’s annual programme to spark curiosity and engagement with science and ideas. The Festival\, now in its 35th year\, runs 16–31 October 2026; for all events\, see: https://if-oxford.com \nNo booking is required for the talk\, just drop in. However\, to help with planning\, it would be useful if you could register your intention to attend. \nBOOK NOW \n\n\nFestivals are powerful and cost-effective ways to bring people together. They inspire curious minds of all ages and backgrounds to access and help shape new ideas. IF Oxford runs annually through the small charity Oxfordshire Science Festival. Consider making a donation to support the future of the Festival. IF Oxford uses Pay What You Decide (PWYD) ticketing so you can choose to pay whatever you want\, or can afford. You can make your donation during booking \nAbout Uncomfortable Oxford: Uncomfortable Oxford is a social enterprise that aims to spark critical conversations about the past and its legacies in the present. \nAbout Fantastea: Fantastea is a global tea café in the heart of Oxford that offers bubble teas\, rare brews\, and community experiences. \nCover Image © Ashmolean Museum\, University of Oxford URL:https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/event/spilling-the-tea-if-festival-2026 LOCATION:Fantastea\, 36 High Street\, OX1 4AN\, Fantastea\, 36 High Street\, Oxford\, OX1 4AN\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Festival,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/08/IF-FESTIVAL-2026-Spilling-the-Tea.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR