Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.
Visiting Oxford?
Allow me to be your guide... and discover the history of Oxford with an Oxford historian.
I offer a wide range of guided walks around the city and university. These can be a general introduction to the history and architecture or looking at specific themes and subjects.
I am a Catholic and a historian based in Oxford, where I am a member of Oriel College. My research, for a long delayed D.Phil., is a study of Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln in the second decade of the fifteenth century. I also work as a freelance tutor in History and as an independent tour guide.
I was received into the Church in 2005 and am a Brother of the External Oratory of St Philip Neri at the Oxford Oratory.
Passion Sunday 2025
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The Vespers hymn for Passiontide Vexilla Regis, in alternating Gregorian
chant, according to a different melody than the classic Roman one, and
polyphony b...
Ted is Dead
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Former Cardinal and Archbishop of Washington Ted McCarrick, serial abuser,
and a man who was the very embodiment of the Vatican II hierarchy, died
today. H...
Mary's Month of May, and Sir Nikolaus Pevsner
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"The happy birds Te Deum sing,/'Tis Mary's month of May;/ Her smile turns
winter into spring,/ And darkness into day;/ And there's a fragrance in the
air,/...
Saint Gabriel
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The angels call for our veneration and awe as part of God’s creation. Part
of the destructive modernism of the 1970s included advice to Catholic
school t...
Prayer and Reality
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[image: Image result for kneeling "low Mass"]
"It is not the healthy who need a physician but the sick"
Jesus is supposed to be our Saviour but most of us...
Celebrating and commemorating St Philip in Florence
Oxford Oratory website has two handsomely illustrated posts about the celebrations in Florence last month of the 500th anniversary of the birth of St Philip Neri, and of the participation in them ofmembers of the Oxford Oratory and also of some of the regular congregation. They can seen at Celebrations of St Philip's Birthday in Florenceand atMore Photos from St Philip's Birthday Celebrations in Florence
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