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Essay / In some corner of a foreign field: Rahmat Ali & the once and future Cambridge Majlis
The map is part of an exhibition arranged to mark the revival of the Cambridge Majlis, a society (dating from 1891) designed for students from all over the Subcontinent to meet socially to enjoy their commonalities and discuss and debate in a civil way their political differences.
World Book Day / 7 books that contain spellbinding fictional books
These books explore the idea that books can be much more than just inanimate objects.
Discovered Tolkien letters reveal new sides of his work
The correspondence was part of an exchange between Tolkien and the British Council about funding for his research collaboration with his former Oxford student, Simonne d’Ardenne.
Oxford says no to additional Huawei funding
Oxford University has decides to forgo further funding from Chinese tech giant Huawei as scrutiny grows in Europe over the telecom company's relationship with the Beijing government.
Peking University buys campus space near Oxford
China's Peking University is buying a 19th-century manor house near Oxford in southern England to use as a campus in a multimillion-dollar deal, the estate agent handling the deal says.
Climate change boosted 'once-a-century' floods: study
Man-made climate change significantly enhanced the risk of the severe winter storms that ravaged southern England two years ago, according to a study released Monday.
A hunter has shot the biggest elephant killed in Africa for almost 30 years
A hunter has shot dead the largest elephant killed in Africa for almost three decades.
1 in 3 young Chinese men to die from smoking: Study
A new study warns that a third of all men currently under the age of 20 in China will eventually die prematurely if they do not give up smoking.
Oxford University first female head
Oxford University is set to have a female head for the first time in its history, with the nomination of Louise Richardson as vice chancellor.
Viner named Guardian’s first female editor
Katharine Viner is to become the first female editor-in-chief of The Guardian newspaper
UK Bangladeshis at higher risk of poverty: Report
British people of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin are around three times more likely to be in poverty compared to their white counterparts while people of Indian descent have largely closed that gap, according to new research by Oxford University