You could say that Owen Jones has a knack for spotting trouble – the socio-political kind, at least. In 2011, less than half a decade since graduating from Oxford with a postgraduate degree in U.S. History, he published his first novel, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, which unexpectedly threw him into the spotlight […]
Oxford University
Why Rhodes should stay
The ‘Rhodes Must Fall’ campaign is has really come alive, in the UK at least, in recent months. The statue of Cecil Rhodes in Oriel College, Oxford, has caused an uproar, with many people demanding its removal. In the University’s student newspaper, a recent survey revealed that 37 per cent of students wanted the statue […]