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.


Tuesday 12 April 2022

The modern history of chocolate Easter Eggs


The Conversation has another article of seasonal interest about the relatively modern history of the chocolate Easter Egg. It can be read at Easter eggs were once a rare luxury – so how did they become so commonplace?


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