Bookish Oxford

We will meet at pleasant bookshop cafe and over a tea/coffee discuss the day's itinerary and make final adjustments to suit your interests. The principal venues the tour will visit are as follows: - The Bodleian Library - the central library of the University. - We will join a tour to visit the most iconic parts of the library and the stunning Radcliffe Camera (date dependant). - Two classic Oxford pubs, the Eagle and Child and the Lamb and Flag, both with strong literary connections. - One of the Oxford colleges into which all students are admitted at the start of their degree. This will provide the visitor with a real insight into college life. - Visits to other colleges and places in Oxford that have influenced authors and poets. - Oxford University press, the global publishing business which grew out of the early publishing activity of the University, with the first book being published in Oxford in 1478. - We will finish at Blackwells bookshop, where students and academics buy their books.