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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.

Did Oxford University’s bowler hatted police force have any real power? And what does its existence say about the wider university?

Maciej Nowakowski opens his ‘Cities of Hope’ series by looking at Warsaw, “the Paris of the North”.

Maebh Howell discusses Netflix’s The Dig, and how the Old English period is more varied and interesting than the film implies.

Brideshead Revisited: Set in Oxford during the 1920s, it is Waugh’s personal reflection on the aristocratic gay scene of the era. But how accurate is it?

“Northern Ireland’s journey over the past one hundred years has been one of devastation and pain, but also one of cooperation and hope.”

Eliott Thompson discusses the issues with HIV activism throughout history, focusing on the role of AZT and Gays against Genocide.

Welcome to part two of our OHR editors’ picks – these recommendations take you (almost) round the world, without having to leave your room!

Joe Hyland Deeson charts Oxford’s history through its pubs, examining the riots, rules and revelry that are imbibed in the city’s watering holes.

In defence of Historiography

On Old English Translation: Wulf’s Tale

The Oxford Bulldogs: Bark Worse than their Bite?

Warsaw: Life Imitates Art

The Dig does not approach the Old English period in an exciting, or new way

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

100 Years of Northern Ireland

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

Drifter: A Creative Translation based on ‘The Wanderer’