Pictures in the sandcastles
The artist as revolutionary is a wonderful image, and perhaps one that is forced upon creatives of our day. However, it is imperative to recall both the political power of artistic media, and the inherent ideology of created works.
Historicising Fashion
A reflection on the implications of fashion - the good and the bad - through changing historical contexts
Frantz: a wrenching tale of remembrance
The French-German film Frantz, however, has gone unnoticed by many English-speaking viewers, despite being one of the most powerful films released to explore the after-effects of World War I.
History should have no borders
Oxford’s curriculum is woefully Eurocentric
Gin and tonic’s history might leave you with a bitter taste
Colonialism, empire and disease: this tasty tipple has an interesting story
History theses will be examined by supervisors in new trial
The changes are to ensure thesis examiners are "most appropriately qualified"
Don’t know much about history
Who knew history could sound so good?
The fault in our Fawlty
The show is vulgar, insular, and heavy-handed
Changing the course of history
Our reimagination of classic works reflects our new priorities
Historians slam plans to replace display cases at University museum
The wooden display cases in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History are set to be replaced by glass cabinets
Patriotism and Chilean Poetry
Bridget McNulty discusses Hugh Ortega's debut collection and Chilean identity
Fighting art with art in Bolzano
In Oxford we argue over the future of the Rhodes statue, but in Italy they have found a new solution
Iraq is not a twentieth century Crusade
Oxford historian Christopher Tyerman delivers a polemic speech against rhetorical comparisons between the war on terror and the crusades
Brasenose grad’s attempt to sue Oxford dismissed
Siddiqui sought £1m in 'loss of earnings' after he received a 2.i instead of a first