Regular readers of Steerpike may recall last month the 150 Oxford academics who made headlines by boycotting Oriel College and refusing to teach its students in protest at the decision to keep up a statue of Cecil Rhodes. At the time Mr S published a full register of the names of academics backing the stunt, with top of the list being none other than Kate Tunstall, head of the self-styled ‘People’s Republic of Worcester College’ alongside five other members of the same college.