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.


Thursday, 25 June 2026

A Tapestry returns to Oxburgh Hall


It is always satisfying when an historic item returns to its home after a long interval. The BBC News website recently reported the return to Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk of a tapestry from the house which was sold more than a century ago. 

The tapestry depicts a scene from the story of Esther, which appears to have been a popular subject in the sixteenth century with patrons and artists.


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