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Category / Angels & other flying things / Dodos & other Oxford animals

  • Darwin and the kissing bug.

    The date is 30 June 1860. The location is the new University Museum (now the Oxford University Museum of Natural History). Upwards of 500 people have squashed into the first…

    June 29, 2024
    Angels & other flying things, Dodos & other Oxford animals
  • The tower, the college and the weather station

    The forecast was rain, so I took an umbrella to Green Templeton College for the tour I had booked through Oxford’s Civic Society. It’s not a famous college. For a…

    June 22, 2024
    Builders and buildings, College life, Dodos & other Oxford animals
  • Chris Raworth, fairground model maker

    I was delighted to be invited to meet Chris Raworth at his workshop in Middle Barton, catching him just after he had assembled his set of gallopers for the last…

    June 8, 2024
    Dodos & other Oxford animals, Feasts & festivities, Inside markets & outside fairs, Oxford portraits
  • Arms without Legs – The Martlet’s Tale

    I was gratified to hear from a reader of last week’s instalment of The Oxford Sausage, ‘The Swift Hotel’, asking if was I aware of the heraldic version of the…

    August 19, 2023
    Angels & other flying things, College life, Coloured glass, Dodos & other Oxford animals

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