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Colour Revolution at the Ashmolean (sponsored)
Nineteenth-century Britain is often imagined as gloomy and dark, epitomised by Dickensian grime and Queen Victoria’s prolonged state of black-clad mo…
2 years, 5 months ago
Who wrote the dictionary?
Compiling the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was a seventy-year endeavour that called on thousands of volunteers from all walks of li…
2 years, 5 months ago
War in Gaza
As the siege on Gaza intensifies, many observers are describing the current Hamas-Israel conflict as a complete overhaul of the region’s status quo. …
2 years, 5 months ago
Tom Crewe: Wrestling Days
Crass, violent, misogynistic, dumb, fake – and irresistible. Tom Crewe was one of many unlikely diehards who fell sway to the theatre of pro-wrestlin…
2 years, 6 months ago
Into the Volcano
Between 1630 and 1944, Mount Vesuvius was continually erupting, and remains one of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes. Yet, as Rosemary Hill explai…
2 years, 6 months ago
What is 'woke capital'?
For many on the right, Arif Naqvi epitomises the idea of the 'woke capitalist'. The private equity multimillionaire has promoted sustainable developm…
2 years, 6 months ago
Think of a Number
In a world where communication is only as effective as its ‘truthiness’, numbers are vital to political success. But, as John Lanchester explains on …
2 years, 6 months ago
Adolfo Kaminsky, Beyond Borders
Adolfo Kaminsky, a first-class forger while still a teenager, saved thousands of lives as an agent of the French Resistance. After the war, he turned…
2 years, 7 months ago
Fact-Checking ‘Ulysses’
Armed with Thom’s Directory, James Joyce strove to recreate 1904 Dublin as accurately as possible, down to the last solicitor and street railing. But…
2 years, 7 months ago
Amia Srinivasan: What’s it like to be an octopus?
‘Octopuses,’ Amia Srinivasan writes, ‘are the closest we can come, on earth, to knowing what it might be like to encounter intelligent aliens.’ In ou…
2 years, 7 months ago