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Oxford pays tribute to professor killed in M40 crash

Colleagues and students have shared their grief at the death of incoming Oriel Provost Mark Whittow.

All Souls plans plaque to mark donor’s slavery links

The college has applied for planning permission for a plaque commemorating the slaves whose labour funded its library.

The shameful truth about Churchill

Despite Winston Churchill's major role in one of the greatest famines in the history of mankind he is still unduly lauded by the British people

Oxford academics condemn “polemical and simplistic” research

The professor described their actions as "collective online bullying"

Fairytales can show us the horrors of Hitler’s Germany

The stories of Günter Grass bring Germany’s repressed trauma into the light

Science fiction that shaped the Revolution

Daniel Antonio Villar looks at the impact of Red Star, by Alexander Bognadov

The Lola Olufemi ‘scandal’ is dishonest and damaging to BME progress

Silencing bias does not silence academic freedom, argues Brian Wong

Project 1917: The revolution will be tweeted

The historical Project 1917 is bringing new life to the Russian Revolution, writes Lucy Enderby

Oxford academics unite to condemn MP’s “creepy” letter

Conservative MP Christopher Heaton-Harris had written to universities asking for a list of tutors lecturing about Brexit

Hints for female travellers

After an eye-opening voyage across Europe, Kathleen Farmilo notes the modern dangers facing female backpackers

Don’t separate black history from British shame

Naomi Packer argues that Black History Month should serve as a reminder of Britain's sordid past

My town and my gown: Gloucester

Sam Sheppard discusses the differences between his life in Oxford and in Gloucester.

Trump’s team of failures are running out of time

Adam John Ellison argues that the Trump administration will make history for all the wrong reasons

Denis Healey’s archives to be stored in the Bodleian

Wilson-era notes and letters accepted in lieu of £75,670 of inheritance tax

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