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Before I go on, I want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who popped in for yesterday’s Not the TV Book Group discussion on Vanessa and Virginia by Susan Sellers. I never fail to be delighted by how many threads and conversations come out of the NTTVBG meetings. Thanks to my fellow NTTVBG-ers, [...]
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March 8, 2010 in feminism, politics, women's history Tagged aung san suu kyi, burma, feminism, international women's day, oxford, women
On both my undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses, more than half of my fellow students were female. I work in an industry full of women (not necessarily in the top jobs, but that’s another debate). When applying for university it didn’t even enter my mind that I would have any trouble because I’m a woman. Jane Robinson’s book [...]
January 8, 2010 in feminism, history, review, victorian history, women's history
Tagged academia, bluestockings, cambridge, education, feminism, history, jane robinson, oxford, women
Tagged academia, bluestockings, cambridge, education, feminism, history, jane robinson, oxford, women
It seems to me to be the perfect sort of day for curling up in front of the fire with a good book. Go carefully in that snow, everyone.
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 [...]
November 19, 2009 in news & media
Tagged christ church, harry potter, lewis carroll, museum of storytelling, narnia, oxford, tolkien, unesco
Tagged christ church, harry potter, lewis carroll, museum of storytelling, narnia, oxford, tolkien, unesco
The Guardian today has a lovely article on what they deem the ten best second-hand bookshops in Britain. Their list is:
Barter Books, Alnwick, Northumberland
The Book Shop, Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway
Scriveners, Buxton, Derbyshire
Bath Old Books, Bath (no website)
The Haunted Bookshop, Cambridge
Any Amount of Books, Charing Cross Road, London
Westwood Books, Sedburgh, Cumbria
Wenlock Books, Much Wenlock, Shropshire
Scarthin Books, [...]
October 2, 2009 in bookshops, news & media, places
Tagged books, glasgow, oxfam, oxford, second-hand bookshops
Tagged books, glasgow, oxfam, oxford, second-hand bookshops
I quite like Indian food. I wouldn’t necessarily go miles out of my way for it, but I’m perfectly happy with it. If I’m quite honest, I’d choose Chinese food over Indian.
Not so John. John loves curry, and since he moved to Oxford just over a year ago, he has been in pursuit of a [...]
February 19, 2009 in food and drink, personal
Tagged curry, indian food, oxford, the standard tandoori
Tagged curry, indian food, oxford, the standard tandoori
Here’s the main quad at work, covered in the white fluffy stuff. Very pretty.
Not the TV Book Group
Sun 07 Feb: Brodeck's Report - Philippe Claudel
Sun 21 Feb: The Girl with the Glass Feet - Ali Shaw
Sun 07 Mar: Vanessa and Virginia - Susan Sellers
Sun 21 Mar: The Illusionist - Jennifer Johnston
Sun 11 Apr: Skin Lane - Neil Bartlett
Sun 25 Apr: The Boys in the Trees - Mary Swan
Sun 09 May: A Short Gentleman - Jon Canter
Sun 23 May: Fledgling - Octavia E. ButlerReading Challenge
The Equality Illusion - Kat Banyard
The Women's Room - Marilyn French
Letters from a Fainthearted Feminist - Jill Tweedie
Ideala - Sarah Grand
Singled Out - Virginia Nicholson
Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education - Jane Robinson
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson
The Color Purple - Alice Walker-
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