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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 start it’s…
June 22, 2024 -
An Oxford medieval murder tour
I am standing at the scene of a crime. Not far from The Oxford Sausage headquarters in front of the side entrance to The Ashmolean Museum on St Giles. It was roughly…
April 6, 2024 -
Tambours, Grilles and Unicorns
When I was researching Oxford tokens for a previous ‘Sausage’ post, I came across a coin that had been struck in the mid 17th century with the sign of a tennis racket.…
March 16, 2024 -
The Destroy Keble Society
I find it hard to understand why the architecture of Keble College has aroused such animosity. I pass it regularly on my route to the University Parks, and I love the audacity…
February 17, 2024 -
The Oxford Sausage, a book of poetry
I was delighted to receive a small package from a reader of this blog. It was a copy of a book first published in 1764. They thought I’d be interested on account…
November 25, 2023 -
The vacant chair
The photograph above shows the latest cohort of undergraduates coming to study at Hertford College, Oxford. It is taken on the west side of the Old Buildings Quadrangle – you can just…
November 11, 2023 -
Of Saints and Sanitary ware
One of the hidden secrets of Oxford is that although many of the University’s colleges now charge an entry fee, you can always claim to be visiting the chapel and get in…
September 23, 2023 -
The Stone Saints Retirement Home
Antonia Hockton has been coming to New College in Oxford twice a year for the past 26 years. She arrives as the students leave, during the longer vacations. For this is when…
September 16, 2023 -
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 swift, the…
August 19, 2023
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