Christmas Traditions at Queen's College
11 March 2021
Queen's College, High Street, Oxford
A near miss with a wild boar inspired an unusual culinary tradition at Queen's College, Oxford
The Brazen Head at Brasenose College, Oxford
10 March 2021
Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square, Oxford
According to legend the name of Brasenose College comes from a speaking brass door knocker created by the medieval philosopher Roger Bacon.
A Murderous Student in Divinity Road
10 March 2021
Divinity Road, East Oxford
"One moonshiny night, as I sat high, Waiting for one to come by, The boughs did bend, my heart did ache, To see what hole the fox did make."
Civil War Ghosts in Dead Man's Walk
26 February 2021
Dead Man's walk, Merton College, Oxford
Royalist Francis Windebank was executed by firing squad outside Oxford Town Hall in 1645. His ghost can be seen walking the nearby path known as Dead Man's Walk.
Ghost of Archbishop Laud at St. John's College, Oxford
26 February 2021
St. John's College, St Giles, Oxford.
The ghost of beheaded Civil War Royalist Archbishop Laud is said to bowl his head across the library floor at St John's College.