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, 20 January 2026

Jerash


Art Net recently had an article about the very impressive ruins of the Roman city of Jerash, which lie close to Amman in Jordan.

The article, which has some excellent illustrations can be seen at The Forgotten Roman Ruins of the ‘Pompeii of the Middle East’


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