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Thursday 2 April
Walking Tour
- Political Oxford
With Alastair Lack
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11am-1pm / Meet at the entrance to Meadow
Buildings, Christ Church / £16.00
Oxford has always been an important political centre
and the University can count among its alumni 24 British
Prime Ministers and the Heads of State of many other
nations including Bill Clinton. The tour starts at Christ
Church, proceeds to the Bodleian, Sheldonian and
Balliol College. Balliol has produced eminent public
figures, not least Edward Heath, Roy Jenkins and the
current Chancellor of the University, Chris Patten.
Friday 3 April
Christ Church ‘bumps,
punts, and jumps’ Walk
With Mark Davies
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12 noon / 1 hour 15 mins / Meet at the entrance to
Meadow Buildings, Christ Church / £10.00
A gentle walk of about a mile along Christ Church
Meadow’s river borders, taking in the literature of
the rivers Thames and Cherwell. The tour includes
free admission to Oxford’s historic Botanic Gardens,
where participants can spend time at their leisure.
This new walk for 2009 is led by local historian,
author, and publisher Mark Davies. The route is flat
and suitable for wheelchair users.
WALKING TOURS
Friday 3 April
Walking Tour
- Film Oxford
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With Alastair Lack
11am-1pm / Meet outside Trinity College Gates,
High Street / £15.00
From Charley’s Aunt to the latest adaptation of
Brideshead Revisited, Oxford has proved a magnate
for filmmakers and filmgoers alike. Whether it’s
a Bollywood spectacular or the latest episode of
Inspector Lewis, the colleges and quadrangles of
Oxford are a familiar backdrop to numerous films.
In this walk, explore the streets of the city that has
provided the setting for films as diverse as a Yank
at Oxford and The Golden Compass and hear about
‘film’ Oxonians such as Kris Kristofferson, Rowan
Atkinson, Rosamund Pike, as well as director
John Shlesinger, screen writer Graham Greene
and many more.
Friday 3 April
Keats’s ‘Eyelashes’:
An Oxford Riverside Walk
With Mark Davies
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2pm / 2 hours 15 mins / Meet at the entrance to
Meadow Buildings, Christ Church / £15.00
A two-mile circular tour of the Thames and its backwaters
in the footsteps of novelists, diarists, poets, and travellers.
Citing numerous authors of past and present, the
enduring importance of Oxford’s waterways is explained
by local historian, author, and publisher Mark Davies.
The route is generally flat, but with some steps.
Complimentary drink at Aziz Pandesia, Folly Bridge
(5 minutes’ walk from Christ Church) at the end of
the walk.
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