What‘s Included

What To Expect

Reviews

• Thought provoking and eye opening

  felicityp50,

  Sep 22, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  I know the city reasonably well but this painted aspects of it in a new light for me. Our tour guide was welcoming and knowledgeable. A great way to spend a couple of hours - I'd like to do more of the Uncomfortable Oxford tours.

• Lifts the lid and invites you to peer into how some of Oxford University is funded. Sackler, Said, Blavatnik et al.

  Boo73,

  Sep 30, 2024

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Follow the money lifts the lid on Oxford funders and funding and invites you to peer into the murky depths. Walking tour starting at the Said Business School and finished at the Blavatnik School of Government. The tour leader was excellent and didn’t try to push an agenda, more a case of giving you information (which was well researched) and then asking the group for their thoughts. Good mix of views in the group. Left me thinking and continuing to ask questions- how far would go along a moral/ethical line to secure funding? Highlighted what appears to be quite an opaque system of discussions and judgements. Highly recommended.

• Money and politics at Oxford

  davidrK3902PI,

  Nov 13, 2022

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Enjoyable tour...it gives you a new understanding and appreciation of money and politics at Oxford!!!

• A great tour!

  ag caid,

  Oct 17, 2022

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Super interesting tour about the uncomfortable income sources that have founded the uni. And thanks to Hera Jay for facilitating the discussions and being a great storyteller!

• The best way to gain a deeper understanding of Oxford

  sophia-brehmX,

  Jul 22, 2022

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  An excellent walking tour of Oxford that looks beyond the basic facts and challenges the traditional historical narrative through participant discussion. This tour is fabulously engaging, memorable and thought-provoking as information is not simply dished out to participants as they are instead encouraged to think critically about the physical environment and its links to the past. The best way to gain a deeper understanding of Oxford and truly engage with the city's history.

• Oxford needs more of this

  emmasS5751PY,

  May 8, 2022

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Attended the Follow the Money tour with Julie as our guide. It was fantastic - very thought provoking, educational, well researched, and provided a safe space for discussion. An essential part of any visit to Oxford.

• A great twist on typical medieval narrative, with Uncomfortable Oxford's touch in creating lively discussions!

  116oliviad,

  Apr 29, 2022

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Love all the Uncomfortable Oxford tours, but this one really has a twist that brings their discussion method to the early days of the University and propells you to the debate of medieval Oxford and England! It is so interesting, especially when we think about all the clichés circulated about the medieval times, but also how medieval symbols keep being utilised and reinvented in the present! I really liked the story of Oxford's Jewish past and how the colleges benefitted from the lands becoming vacant after they were expelled from England in the 1300s. A great twist on typical medieval narrative, with Uncomfortable Oxford's touch in creating lively discussions!