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Christ Church and the Oxford Literary Festival 2010

It seems very fitting, given that I’m (still) reading Wolf Hall, that I spent most of yesterday wandering around here:

That’s the main quad – Tom Quad – of Christ Church, Oxford. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey founded the college (originally called Cardinal College) although he died before it was completed. Henry VIII then re-founded it in 1532 [...]

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March 25, 2010 by Kirsty in fiction, personal, places
Tagged christ church, oxford, oxford literary festival, wolf hall

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Museum of Storytelling

Here’s a good thing. A museum of storytelling in Oxford is getting the go-ahead after an anonymous £2.5m donation.
From Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland to JRR Tolkien’s Middle-earth, CS Lewis’s Narnia and the parallel universes of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, Oxford has played host to some of the UK’s most enduring literary creations. Now a £2.5m [...]

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