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...One thing that was custom-made new is “Simon’s Bed”, created by the studio JamesPlumb in 2019 out of steel, ash, rope and sailcloth....
...(A decade ago, for instance, how many Oxford students would have recognised the slightly crumpled man roosting atop Oriel College, now widely known to be the contentious Cecil Rhodes?)....
...For example, my university should be working on an exhibition in which the soon to be depedestalled statue of Cecil Rhodes would be a focal point for exploring why Britain has so inadequately faced up to...
...What is the common name for the seeds of the prickly ash, which create a sensation in the mouth described in Mandarin as málà or spicy numbness?...
...A Junoesque trouser-suited woman, the confident set of her features framed by salon-perfect tumbling ash-blonde hair, it is hard to detect the vulnerability in her features captured by Cecil Beaton when...
...In Garton Ash’s Oxford, protests have centred on the “Rhodes Must Fall” campaign, directed at the statue of Cecil Rhodes outside Oriel College (which stands still)....
...Buy a scythe at thescytheshop.co.uk; find a course at scytheassociation.org; h-a-y-s-t-a-c-k-s.net Illustrations by David Cecil Holmes...
...Forget the Biblical and/or pop musical kitsch that whirls in your head on hearing the title Samson and Delilah (): falling pillars, testosterone-imperilling haircuts, Cecil B. DeMille, Tom Jones....
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