Brasenose Hellfire Club: A Devilish Encounter
7 July 2024
Brasenose Lane, Oxford
If legend speaks true, certain young libertines of Brasenose College got more than they bargained for when they tried to summon the Devil!
John Clavell: Scholar, Poet, Highwayman
17 December 2021
Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square
John Clavell became famous in the 1620s for the repentant poetry he wrote while in prison awaiting trial for highway robbery.
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.