Historical: Echoes of Holloway Prison

"Echoes of Holloway Prison" was a project to capture the voices of the prison at risk of being lost following its closure in 2016. This included stories of those held at the prison but also people who worked there and prison protestors. In this session we will explore some of the stories captured during the...

Historical: Hardit Malik Singh and World War One

From his arrival in the UK alone in 1908 as a fourteen-year-old, to Balliol College, Oxford and into the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, Hardit Singh Malik lived an extraordinary life. Today's workshop offers an opportunity to reflect upon the great diversity of the war in terms of who fought and where....

Science and Stories: Science Oxford

The night sky has been the canvas for storytelling for all of human history, from the Stone Age Lascaux caves to the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh, from the myths of Ancient Greece to the halls of Harry Potter’s Hogwarts. Stories are a way of making information accessible to everyone; come and join us in our...

Science: Paul Cann “Campaign to End Loneliness”

What is loneliness ?  Who feels lonely, and why? And what can we do to help them....and each other..... and ourselves? In this workshop you will explore experiences of loneliness, and what we can do on a personal community and government level to support people struggling with loneliness. Over the last 30 years Paul Cann...

Science: Callum Ross “Patient Narratives”

Dr Callum Ross is a consultant forensic psychiatrist at Broadmoor High Secure Hospital with a special interest in treating men with personality disorders. His workshop will focus on the law, and the safest approach that healthcare professionals should take in working with patients for whom mental disorder may impact on decision-making capacity. He will focus...

Museum: The Stories Behind Objects

Clare Coleman, Jane Cockcroft, and Clare Cory are part of the Ashmolean's learning team. They will lead a session about how objects and artworks can hold and reveal stories about different people, times, cultures and places. We will uncover stories about objects from the Ashmolean's collections and explore what they tell us today.

Museum: Natty Mark Samuels “African Folklore and Objects”

Natty Mark Samuels is the founder of the Oxford African School and African Library in Blackbird Leys. He is an expert in African cultures, and a poet. This workshop will explore the fascinating stories of African folklore and look at some of the objects connected to the stories from our Rumble Museum's collections.

Museum: Empathy Museum “Mile in My Shoes”

A "Mile in My Shoes" is a shoe shop where visitors are invited to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes – literally. Our touring exhibition houses a diverse collection of shoes and audio stories that explore our shared humanity. From a Syrian refugee to a dairy farmer, a war veteran to a neurosurgeon, visitors...