BREAKING NEWS: St Benet’s Hall announces that university will not renew its official licence and addresses possibility of ceasing operations altogether
Oxford Kite Festival to feature artists and thinkers such as Grace Jones, Richard Dawkins, and Ai Weiwei
BREAKING NEWS: St Benet’s Hall announces that university will not renew its official licence and addresses possibility of ceasing operations altogether
Oxford Kite Festival to feature artists and thinkers such as Grace Jones, Richard Dawkins, and Ai Weiwei
Green·25th April 2022On the Reality of the Durban Floods Katie Hulett Image Description: A map of the 2022 April floods in South Africa. Walking off the plane at King Shaka airport... Read More
Entertainment·18th January 2022A Doll’s House: Dancing to the Tune of Mitski, Colonialism, and the Male Gaze Dania Kamal Aryf Image description: Drawing of a wooden house falling apart and floating at sea. Niru Helmer is everything that a man... Read More
Comment·16th May 2021The unspoken privilege of the English speaker Maya Szaniecki Image Description: A white street sign reading ‘Zakaz Tlumoceni Translating Prohibited’ The study of foreign languages is at an all-time... Read More
Features·11th July 2020Breathing deep and diving in: yoga and cultural appropriation Anna Gunstone Image Description: figure doing a yoga pose (involving a handstand) against a colourful backdrop I am a Yoga with Adriene... Read More
News·9th June 2019Queen’s JCR motion withdrawn after claiming “colonialism is underrated” Grace Davis A dispute has broken out among members of The Queen’s College JCR after a motion was put forward proposing that... Read More
Culture·12th April 2019Exploring history and identity through the art of Yinka Shonibare Emily Wigoder The Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square has played host to many different artworks, from a large blue cockerel to a... Read More
College News·23rd March 2019St John’s to launch research project on its links to colonialism Samuel Burns St John’s College, Oxford is to launch a new research project entitled ‘St John’s and the Colonial Past’ exploring its... Read More
Pink·2nd February 2019Undoing colonialism: Angola lifts ban on homosexuality Guo-Sheng Liu On 23rd January, Angola adopted a new penal code, its first since its independence from Portugal. The former penal code... Read More
News·4th May 2018University’s colonial past to be tackled by new project Edwin Audland Oxford University is set to distance itself from its colonialist past amid fears that its international reputation is being tarnished... Read More
Culture·5th April 2022A Doll’s House Review: The Weight of One’s Grief Upon entrance into the Keble O’Reilly, one cannot help but immediately notice how the overall set design is overwhelmingly beautiful.... Read More
Profile·9th November 2021Murder In Argos: In Conversation with Co-Directors Helena Aeberli and Jahnavi Bhatia Dania Kamal Aryf Image description: (1) Helena, clad in a white top and (2) Jahnavi, in a yellow dress,... Read More
Culture·6th February 2021The Pitt Rivers museum: ours to enjoy? Elizabeth Tiskina Image Description: View from inside the Pitt Rivers Museum I confess, in full acceptance that I am playing into the... Read More
Comment·8th July 2020“Fancy an Indian studying Greek!” How I found my place in the Classical Tradition as a British Indian Yaamir Badhe Image description: The famous Gandhara Buddha: a beautiful and moving fusion of Greek, Indian and Persian artistic motifs (Pakistan, 2nd... Read More
Comment·5th May 2019Empire’s Wake: The Mau Mau uprising in Kenya Julian Manieson Image Description: Memorial in Nairobi to victims of colonialism. “Bottles (often broken), gun barrels, knives, snakes, and vermin were thrust... Read More
College News·7th April 2019Donor backlash as St John’s embarks on a project to explore its colonial past Úna Yates According to sources of The Telegraph, the President of St John’s College, Professor Maggie Snowing, is facing criticism from donors... Read More
Features·17th February 2019An ‘uncomfortable tour’ of colonial Oxford Grace Davis Oxford is well-known for its problematic past – the oldest English-speaking university has had its share of controversies throughout its... Read More
Comment·6th January 2019Colonialism was not good for the colonised, and those who think it was must be challenged. Evie McCullough It has recently emerged that early in 2018, Professor Nigel Biggar of Oxford University hosted a private, invite-only conference to... Read More
News·16th February 2012Can Britain Win the Second Falklands War? James McKean argues that we should not underestimate the power of the British Navy and military, and neither should Argentina. Read More