This book tells the full story of the infamous 1933 Oxford Union King and Country debate that sent shockwaves around the world. On 9 February 1933, barely ten days after Adolf Hitler had become Chancellor of Germany, the Oxford Union, the internatio...

Fascinating historic text designed to educate Second World War soldiers on the basic tenets of the British constitution and democracy. "Hitler has educated the Germans to be his blind slaves; we have the far harder task of educating responsible citi...

An extraordinary account of Oxford's role in the Second World War. Oxford played a unique part in the national endeavor to defend Britain in the Second World War. Thanks to its proximity to London, the city provided an alternative base for civil ser...

In 2017, the Government's attempt to trigger Article 50 and so leave the European Union resulted in a judgement by the Supreme Court, which stated that the Government was unentitled to do so without the consent of Parliament, directly citing the Bill...

The University Archives was established in 1634. Based in the Bodleian Library, it is the institutional archive of Oxford University, holding records which span just over 800 years, documenting the University's activities and decisions throughout tha...

Long Live Freedom! - Hans Scholl's last words before his execution Is it not so that in the present day, every honourable German is ashamed of their government? And who amongst us can foresee the extent of the infamy that will be on us, and on our c...

Over the past 200 years, many thousands of undergraduates have been initiated into membership of Apollo - the Masonic Lodge of the University of Oxford. These have included such diverse figures as Oscar Wilde, Osbert Lancaster, Samuel Reynolds Hole,...

When Marjory Wardrop joined her diplomat brother, Oliver, in Georgia in 1894, they found themselves witnessing the birth pangs of a modern nation. Recognising the significance of these transformative years, they actively participated in the work of I...

Oxford held a special place in Evelyn Waugh's imagination. So formative were his Oxford years that the city never left him, appearing again and again in his novels in various forms. This book explores in rich visual detail the abiding importance of O...

Pronunciation governs our regional and social identity more powerfully than any other aspect of spoken language. No wonder, then, that it has attracted most attention from satirists. In this intriguing book, David Crystal shows how our feelings about...