BY STEPHEN PAX LEONARD ‘What do you chaps get up to at Club?’, asked Don as he/she/it/they passed the shaving bowl to Reggie. Don who had previously been known as Doreen until she discovered Uncle Ted’s wife-beaters came from a long line of Oxford scouts, serving gentlemen through thick and thin. The late grandmother had even served on the ‘Dons’ staircase’. But, this was the … Continue reading Fīat Iūstitia Ruat Cælum
BY ALEX STORY As winter gives way to spring and days lengthen heralding a longed-for summer, the eighteen men of Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Club can now rest their limbs having met yesterday on the Tideway, the 4.25 mile stretch of the Thames that runs through London from Putney to Chiswick Bridge. The first race, in 1829, took place 14 years after the end … Continue reading A British Institution
BY ALEX STORY After a two year Covid related break, the Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge is coming back to London. It was cancelled out right in 2020, then moved to Ely in Cambridgeshire last year. To add to the uncertainty, over the last few months, local authorities mentioned that the river might not be opened to another Boat Race for five years on … Continue reading The Boys are Back in Town
BY IAN MITCHELL The controversy over the statue of Cecil Rhodes in Oriel College, Oxford, suggests that the modern world is opposed to imperialism. I believe the opposite is the case. It shows that Oxford dons are at least as imperialistic as Rhodes ever was, though in a more sly and dishonest way. In fact, the most dangerous imperialism that has descended on the civilised … Continue reading The Imperialism of Anti-Imperialists
