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.
The Theology of Legoland
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*How can a fairground with a McDisney aesthetic and made of plastic bricks
be so popular?*
On a trip to England a few years ago, I visited a number of attra...
Ebbsfleet
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Sad news ... the See of Ebbsfleet is being handed over to 'Complementarian
Evangelicals' (I think this means what we used to call Conservative
Evangelicals...
Preview: Newman on Saint Paul (UPDATED Again)
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We've rescheduled this interview for Thursday, June 30, at 7:50 am
Eastern/6:50 am Central!
UPDATE: Because of the Supreme Court decision on Dobbs, Matt ...
Enjoying the Feast of the Holy Trinity
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The weather in London today finally broke into just above 20 degrees
centigrade, or just tipping 70 if you are using old money. It was a
beautiful day to...
The Lord’s descent into the underworld
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At Matins/the Office of Readings on Holy Saturday the Church gives us this
'ancient homily', I find it incredibly moving, it is about Holy Saturday,
about ...
The next stop on the Pilgrimage is the ancient royal and episcopal city of Winchester. My account of this devotion in the cathedral can be seen at Our Lady of Winchester
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