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University College Oxford
June 29, 2022

Murder on the quad

The title of this post sounds like it might belong to a story by Agatha Christie or Dorothy L...

by Kit Ward
North Hinksey
May 30, 2022

The scholar navvies

In 1874 John Ruskin, art critic, Fellow of Christ Church, and Slade Professor of Fine Art, was riding out...

by Kit Ward
Glastonbury Tor from Wearyall Hill
April 1, 2022

MGAA: Make Glastonbury Avalon Again

On a recent trip to Glastonbury, I noticed a couple of reports in the local newspaper about the sabotage...

by Kit Ward
Salisbury Giant
March 29, 2022

Land of the giants

Giants have been part of Britain’s national consciousness ever since we had a national consciousness.

by Kit Ward
Witches Well Edinburgh
February 28, 2022

Edinburgh’s weird sisters

In a corner of Edinburgh Castle’s grand esplanade, there’s a small memorial that’s easy to miss unless you’re looking...

by Kit Ward
Ann Crotchley memorial
January 30, 2022

Remembering a fallen woman

I was in Oxford just before Christmas when I saw this sign and these ribbons on the railings at...

by Kit Ward
The Signing of the National Covenant in Greyfriars Churchyard
December 28, 2021

The Scottish Covenanters vs a Skye terrier: who would win?

Anybody on the Edinburgh tourist trail will eventually end up in Greyfriars Kirkyard. The kirk itself was founded on...

by Kit Ward
December 18, 2021

From a Leith bus stop

The execution is poor, I grant you, but I was intrigued by these graffiti bookending a Leith bus stop.

by Kit Ward

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