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.


Saturday, 14 March 2026

Life in Luguvalium


The continuing excavations at the very productive Cricket club site in Carlisle - Luguvalium to the Romans - continues to yield a rich haul of Roman artefacts. The most recent - including a military diploma or discharge plaque -  are indicated in a report from BBC News at Finding personal Roman items in Carlisle a 'real connection'

Wikipedia gives a useful introduction to the Roman city - the furthermost in the Empire in the north-west, and almost at the end of Hadrian’s Wall  - at Luguvalium

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