OXFORD: UNIVERSITY AND TOWN

 

 

The Oxford skyline, viewed from South Park on a fine day Snow-covered spires of Oxford, viewed from my lab in the Department of Zoology The afternoon sun gives the Sheldonian and Clarendon Buildings a nice glow The Sheldonian Theatre, which is also used for matriculation and graduation ceremonies
The Tower of the Five Orders, part of the Bodleian Library The Divinity Schools in the Bodleian Library, the spiritual heart of the University of Oxford

Elaborately adorned ceiling of the Divinity Schools

 Convocation House, behind the Divinity Schools
Radcliffe Square, with the University Church in the background The Radcliffe Camera is one of the reading rooms of the Bodleian Library Inside the Radcliffe Camera Cherry blossom in front of the University Church on High St
The spire of the University Church Inside the University Church Looking westwards down the High St, with All Souls and Brasenose Colleges on the right Shops along the High St
The Examination Schools, not the most-loved place in Oxford Magdalen Tower looks over the Botanic Gardens Oxford University Museum of Natural History Inside the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
The Holywell Music Room is the oldest music hall in Europe The Eagle and Child pub, the favoured meeting place of the Inklings Rhodes House, the gathering point for Rhodes Scholars in Oxford Ruins of the 12th century Godstow Abbey in northwest Oxford
Said Business School Inside the Covered Market in central Oxford Head of the River pub alongside Folly Bridge Trout Inn, one of Inspector Morse's favourite haunts



OXFORD EVENTS


Oxford plays Cambridge in the annual Varsity cricket match at the Lord's Cricket Ground, London A cricket match is played on the grounds of the University Club Students cheer for their crews from their boathouses at the Summer Eights races The Linacre College men's VIII chase the crew of Corpus Christi College in the Summer Eights
Some rides at the St Giles Fair are placed very close to the buildings Pro-Test march on Broad St in support of animal testing Punting on the Cherwell, underneath the Rainbow Bridge in the University Parks Oxford was severely flooded in 2007


OXFORD GRADUATION CEREMONY


Senior Tutors of the colleges await their students in the Sheldonian Theatre The doctoral graduates change into their new robes in Convocation House The graduates re-enter the Sheldonian Theatre to thunderous applause The new doctors are the last to leave the Theatre