Society was to blame for the letters, not twisted psychologies In complex ways, social inequalities create the conditions for people to feel that writing anonymously might be useful for the...
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Five ways the British magnetic enterprise changed the concept of global science The concept of global science was not new in the nineteenth century. Nor was that of government-sponsored sci...
Falling dice and falling ministers: explaining an artwork in the Royal Collection John Eglin, author of "The Gambling Century" examines a portrait supposedly by William Hogarth to explore...
United kingdoms and European Unions: using global history to better understand the UK Was the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which was inaugurated in January 1801, unique? It ...
A free market? The French East India Company and modern capitalism “Paris is the place to make money, & England is the country to enjoy it.” With what we think we know about capitalism ...
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The British Army: how is the Army meeting changing societal priorities? What is the nature of the British army’s exceptionalism in constitutional, political, social, cultural, and militar...
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Revisiting toxic masculinity and #MeToo On this episode of The Oxford Comment, we explore two recognizable components in contemporary conversations on gender and gendered violence: that of...
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The great gun conundrum In this podcast episode, we discuss the history of the gun debate in the US with Robert J. Spitzer and how a reform of policing can deter gun violence with Philip J...
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Privacy and the LGBT+ experience: the Victorian past and digital future Scholars continue to explore the role of sexuality in private lives—from the retrospective discovery of transgende...
Open secrets? Where to look for the history of colonial violence As decolonization gathered pace in the 1950s, Great Britain began to destroy evidence of violence that was rife through out ...
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Macbeth, King James, and biting the hand that feeds you? Possibly the most dangerous play William Shakespeare wrote was The Tragedie of Macbeth. The drama is packed with illegality: assa...
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Excommunication in thirteenth-century England: a volatile tool Reactions to excommunication in thirteenth-century England varied considerably, but its consequences for society as well as in...
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Egyptology at the turn of the century On November 1, 1922 Egyptologist Howard Carter and his team of excavators began digging in a previously undisturbed plot of land in the Valley of the ...
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COVID-19 and the London restaurant: a Victorian perspective The last two years have proved the restaurant business is nothing if not adaptable. In my residential London neighbourhood, a pop...
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The Mahatma and the Policeman: how did George Orwell view Gandhi? George Orwell served for five years in the 1920s as an officer in the Imperial Police in Burma, at that time part of the Br...
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When Ralph Bunche met Princess Margaret As the Under-Secretary General of the UN, Ralph Bunche was one of the leaders in the fight to end empire in the second half of the Twentieth Century,...
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Howard Carter and Tutankhamun: a different view On 4 November 1922, Englishman Howard Carter acted on a “hunch” and discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun, setting the world at large on fir...
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Shipwreck tales: bounty from the archives News broke in 2022 that the royal frigate Gloucester that sank in 1682 had been located off the coast of Norfolk. The discovery excited marine arch...
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Alice le Fynch and new ways of seeing medieval society from below Everyone in the village of Sedgeberrow must have known Alice le Fynch, a determined personality defending the interests of ...
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Why Waterloo? How the Battle of Waterloo took its place in Britain’s national identity How does a country choose what to commemorate? What elevated the victory of 18 June 1815 over other ...
Hong Kong 2022: one country, two systems? The first of July 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China. It also marks the halfway point of a 50-year...
https://blog.oup.com/2022/06/hong-kong-2022-one-country-two-systems-podcast/
Eight books to read to celebrate the 1900th anniversary of Hadrian’s Wall To commemorate the 1900th anniversary of Hadrian's Wall, here's a selection of titles exploring its history, anci...
Institutional distrust in Britain and America: a history In the past few decades, trust and distrust have become frequent subjects of journalistic and academic discourse. Distrust of Britis...
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The Brexit referendum, five years on: can future generations “rebuild Europe”? To paraphrase, Winston Churchill, Britain has always been “with Europe but not of it”. All it ever wan...
Reconstructing Claudius’ arch in Rome A look at the process of reconstructing Claudius' Arch in Rome and how it was informed by the latest research in archaeology and classical studies to...
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