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It's Oxmas ✨! This is when Oxford celebrates an early Christmas before the end of term. I had a hot cup of coffee to ward off the chill, did some reading, then headed to St John's College, where I saw this glittering Christmas tree 🎄!
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I love Merton College’s old library with its leaded windows and ancient bookcases - among the first used in England. The library also has a reputed ghost whose appearances have been woven into Merton College lore 📚.
You can read a surprising account of the library ghost in connection with a visit Beatrix Potter, the author of ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’, made to Oxford on my blog here 💫
Evening in the gardens of St John’s. An astrologer who studied here centuries ago detected law-breakers by reading the stars 🌠
It’s Oxmas ✨! This is when Oxford celebrates an early Christmas before the end of term. I had a hot cup of coffee to ward off the chill, did some reading, then headed to St John’s College, where I saw this glittering Christmas tree 🎄!
St Peter's College in Oxford looking very summery. A long-time prof here, Francis Warner, was the last graduate student of C.S. Lewis, author of the Narnia books 🌿.
C.S. Lewis’ first days at Oxford 📚🏰
C.S. Lewis, the author of the Chronicles of Narnia, first came to Oxford on a frosty December day in 1916. He was there to write scholarship exams for the University. When he arrived at the Oxford railway station, he made his way to town, bag in hand and head full of dreams…
Read more here :) ✨
Snowy Oxford and hot chocolate - a wonderful combination ☕❄️!
I saw this playful snow dog romping in the Merton College gardens on a frosty day ❄️🐶. Happy New Year to everyone from Magical Oxford 🎉!
