'I have never known such undisguised arson': The Ladysmith Rag, the Mafeking Bonfire and the Battle for Order in Late Nineteenth-Century Cambridge.

The article discusses the impact of the Mafeking bonfire lit during the celebrations in Cambridge University in England in 1902 on the relations between the university and the town of Cambridge. Topics include the importance of the relief of Ladysmith bonfire for the preparations for the relief of Mafeking, the compensation sought by retired Indian civil servant J. B. N. Hennessey for the damage caused by the bonfire his house, and granting equal rights to white settlers in the area.