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

Too darn hot


As the temperature breaks the record that goes all the way back to yesterday a friend shared with me a note he had received.via X:

Not saying it’s hot on the London Underground today. but I’ve just seen Virgil leading Dante down the steps at Baker Street tube station. They’ll be taking the Circle Line.


Dante and Virgil at the Gates of Hell
by William Blake

Image: niceartgallery.com




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