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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

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