The remains of Richard III were reinterred at Leicester Cathedral today (26 March 2015).
Dr Alexandra Buckle, an expert in medieval music at Oxford University, has been on the Liturgy Committee for the Reinterment of King Richard III for nearly two years, after finding the only known manuscript to document what a medieval reburial service involved.
Artist Patrice Moor has spent the last 18 months as artist in residence at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden. 'Nature Morte', an exhibition based on her time at the Garden, opens on Saturday 7 March.
'My subject is not morbid – there is an emphasis towards life holding death in mind and the cycle of life,' says Patrice.
An Oxford philosopher has continued a tradition going back to Plato by using a fictional conversation to explore questions about truth, falsity, knowledge and belief in a new book published this month. But unlike Plato, his book is set on a train.
William Henry Fox Talbot is best-known today as a Victorian pioneer of photography. But an Oxford researcher has revealed that, for Talbot, photography was a means to an end in deciphering some of the oldest writing in human history.
It was standing room only as Marcus du Sautoy and Ben Okri discussed the relationship between narrative and proof at the Mathematical Institute on Tuesday evening (20 January).
The full video of the event to launch The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities' (TORCH) 'Humanities and Science programme can be seen here.
Yesterday was 'Museum Selfie Day', where people across the world were encouraged to take self-portrait photographs of themselves visiting a museum and share it on social media.
Oxford University’s museums were used as the location for dozens of 'selfies'. Arts Blog has picked out some of the best.
Leading figures from humanities and the sciences will discuss the importance of narrative in scientific proofs at Oxford University today.
The event marks the launch of the 'Humanities and Science' series organised by The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) and will take place at the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford.
