Some more Queen Victoria stories

The first was about a visit to Oxford when she met up with Lewis Carroll, writer of Alice in … More

Naturelog: Saturday 28th September

A weekend in Marlow and the opportunity to visit a couple of nature reserves that I haven’t visited before. In … More

Some more views of Oxford colleges

In broad Street at the heart of Oxford is Balliol College. This college founded in 1263, claims to be the … More

Christchurch is probably the most famous college in Oxford. It is unique in that it is both a college of … More

When I was in Oxford recently I didn’t have time to look around the interior of the castle but here … More

The Ashmolean Museum in the centre of Oxford has the distinction of being the worlds first University Museum dating back … More

The original castle was built in 1071 by Robert D’Oyly, a Norman baron who had come to England with William … More

In a time when there was great religious tension in England, Henry VIII broke away from the Roman Catholic Church … More

Have been away at a meeting in Oxford all week so not much opportunity to spend time watching nature. Did … More