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Emmanuel Campion-Dye discusses the history of the JCR, looking at the progression from private club to political institution.

Glenn Armstrong reviews E.M. Forster’s ‘A Passage to India’, discussing what it reveals about British colonial attitudes and where it falls short.

William Kinsella discusses how Judith Herrin’s Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Empire reshapes commonly-held opinions on Italian history.

John Stewart sheds light on the reality of nurses in World War One, looking beyond the influences of Vera Brittain and Florence Nightingale.

Luke Bateman reviews the EWF4 paper, or Global Middle Ages.

“No matter what country you’re learning about, you’ll probably bump into Britain.” Nathan Land argues against compulsory British history papers.

“The story of Tbilisi is one of constant adaptation and rebirth.”

Daniel Morgan sets out the case for the continued relevance of the Historiography Prelims paper.

Yasmin Howells’ creative translation of Wulf and Eadwacer, an Old English Poem found in the Book of Exeter.

A Brief History of the JCR: How the Common Room Became Common

The beautiful nuance of ‘A Passage to India’

Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe by Judith Herrin: A Hidden City at the Centre of All Things

Looking beyond Brittain and Nightingale

The Global Middle Ages: A Radical New Way of Doing History

“Et in Arcadia Ego”: Brideshead Revisited and Oxford’s 1920s Gay Scene

100 Years of Northern Ireland

Exclusive Interviews With Influential Female Historians at Oxford

Bad Gays: Issues with HIV activism in gay historiography

OHR Editors’ Picks Part Two: from Asante to America

Charting Oxford’s History Through its Pubs

A Town vs Gown Showdown

A Review of HBI IV – What’s Happened to Wales?

Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the Game

Our editors’ guide to Approaches to History (Plain Text)

A Brief History of the JCR: How the Common Room Became Common

The beautiful nuance of ‘A Passage to India’

Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe by Judith Herrin: A Hidden City at the Centre of All Things

Looking beyond Brittain and Nightingale

The Global Middle Ages: A Radical New Way of Doing History

Should undergraduate historians be forced to take British history papers?

Tbilisi: Lucky Number 27

In defence of Historiography

On Old English Translation: Wulf’s Tale