Archive for September, 2010

Eccentric walk of Oxford – 3rd October

September 5th, 2010

The next Eccentric Oxford Walking Tour is scheduled for 11am on Sunday 3rd October 2010: please book a place by e-mailing richardosmith1@gmail.com Also, please e-mail if you’d like details about conducting a private tour anytime for your group (can be small, medium or large) Tours meet at: Martyrs’ Memorial (opposite Randolph Hotel) [map]Tour cost: only [...]

Oxford Student Pranks: A History Of Mischief & Mayhem

September 1st, 2010

Oxford Student Pranks: A History of Mischief and Mayhem Oxford University is famed for the intelligence and innovation of its students. However, not all the undergraduates have devoted their talents to academia; instead they spent their time devising ingenious and hilarious pranks to play on their unsuspecting dons. Richard O. Smith recalls some of the [...]