Amelia Dovell, Author at Cherwell

‘Women don’t look like that in Algeria’: An interview with Houria Niati

"Yes, I love flowers and I love landscapes, but I am far away from that. When we talk about political art, I didn’t even...

“They’re side notes in history”: In conversation with Bluestocking Oxford

Perhaps you’ve heard the term ‘bluestocking’ before. Though it came to be used as a misogynistic pejorative, its origins lie in 18th-century Britain, when...

“Everywhere we go, we ask: ‘What are the dominant narratives about the city? And what are they hiding?”

I’ve walked past the Clarendon Building on Broad Street many times – but I’d never thought to ask what it had been used for...

“If you want to understand the mess we’re in today, you need to know some history.”

Eugene Rogan, a historian of the Middle East and fellow of St. Anthony’s College is a tutor I feel slightly in awe of: charismatic...

Academe in wartime: Oxford’s response to the war in Sudan

Six months into the war in Sudan, and the situation is bleak. Humanitarian workers are despairing at the broken supply lines and the outbreaks...

Food Fight! Oxford and Cambridge compete to tackle food poverty

This summer, the long-anticipated ‘Great Oxbridge BOGOF’ will be returning for its 3rd run. The food drive competition is run by the charity ‘Because...

“The world around us is evolving at a much faster pace than the reading lists”: Are women underrepresented in the curriculum?

The fact that women seemed sidelined by the curriculum in school always seemed an accepted fact. In GCSE English, we encountered depictions of Curley’s...

Blackfriars Fellow created a Cardinal by Pope Francis

Review: Making the Weather: Six Politicians Who Shaped Modern...

Oxford state school offer rate has decreased over the...

Revealed: Oxford Vice-Chancellor Tracey’s £47k expense claims

Amelia Dovell

‘Women don’t look like that in Algeria’: An interview with Houria Niati

“They’re side notes in history”: In conversation with Bluestocking Oxford

“Everywhere we go, we ask: ‘What are the dominant narratives about the city? And what are they hiding?”

“If you want to understand the mess we’re in today, you need to know some history.”

Academe in wartime: Oxford’s response to the war in Sudan

Food Fight! Oxford and Cambridge compete to tackle food poverty

“The world around us is evolving at a much faster pace than the reading lists”: Are women underrepresented in the curriculum?

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