tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post7998768711863204487..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Oxford RevisitedStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-77011318204191802282008-06-24T22:07:00.000+01:002008-06-24T22:07:00.000+01:00Well, Our Vicar recommends Jan Morris' book, but I...Well, Our Vicar recommends Jan Morris' book, but I have yet to read it...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-45996305604301786042008-06-24T16:54:00.000+01:002008-06-24T16:54:00.000+01:00I was interested to read what you had to say since...I was interested to read what you had to say since, as I have a conference full of delegates heading for Oxford next year, I thought I might find it a useful read. Not sure I want ramblings, though - can you recommend anything better? I've been picking my husband's brains about Oxford, but his student days are in a pre-historic past, I fear!Jodie Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442935205880334932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-55965656164565744132008-06-22T12:21:00.000+01:002008-06-22T12:21:00.000+01:00I always remember the day I was waiting on Oxford ...I always remember the day I was waiting on Oxford station, all trains were badly delayed and the concourse was crowded - but I'd managed to find a seat ond I pulled out my book. Then I glanced at the chap next to me to see what he was reading (as one does) ... and he had a plastic carrier with every single volume of A la recherche du temps perdu, which he opened on the first page and calmly began. Only in Oxford I thought! Though I wondered if he knew something I didn't about the trains!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-63551736236226459992008-06-21T21:46:00.000+01:002008-06-21T21:46:00.000+01:00The last sentence is true. Although you can do man...The last sentence is true. Although you can do many odd things without attracting attention, such as ride a unicycle down the cycle lane.<BR/>It's hearteningly Oxfordish that I had a chat the other day with the guy who sleeps by the cash point about the characterisation in Charles Dickens. He's reading through Great Expectations.<BR/>I felt woefully ignorant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-5837351777576369812008-06-21T12:16:00.000+01:002008-06-21T12:16:00.000+01:00I've never been to Oxford and probably never will ...I've never been to Oxford and probably never will since I have been to England but our tour did not include it, but I so enjoy your writing style! You can bring anything to life.Linda Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14459940700516084069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-58096792824436475312008-06-21T11:41:00.000+01:002008-06-21T11:41:00.000+01:00I will be again, Sibylle, next year!I will be again, Sibylle, next year!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-7090977637203157732008-06-21T11:36:00.000+01:002008-06-21T11:36:00.000+01:00I'm so glad you're talking about Oxford - I'm seri...I'm so glad you're talking about Oxford - I'm seriously considering going there as an Erasmus student next year (2009-2010 that is, not 2008-2009). The Sorbonne does have a partnership with Oxford. I might do my second year of Master's Degree there if I can be accepted in the postgraduate program. All my friends are going abroad this year (08-09) but I wanted to wait to be fully prepared. I don't know if you'll still be a student there, though ? <BR/>I'll save the book for after, then, to see if I can relate to what he's depicting :)Sibyllehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513087210724494785noreply@blogger.com