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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Oxford Video Tours 

Here is a is a sample track from the walkdigital.com Tour of Oxford, it features Christchurch College, which has formed the subject of a number of posts in this blog and is notable for literary associations with Alice in Wonderland and Harry Potter.



And here is a video excerpt about the Bodleian Library and the benefactors who have supported it over the years, produced by The Virtual Experience Company.

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Monday, August 18, 2008

Bodleian Library 

Well here's a great , unplanned, link to the previous post. London's Globe theatre is mounting a production of Shakespeare's magical story of jealousy, love and redemption, The Winter's Tale, within the idyllic surroundings of the Bodleian Library Quadrangle, Oxford. Oxford is not far from Stratford-upon-Avon and would be a convenient venue on a literary tour. The current performance of The Winter's Tale only runs until Friday 22 August, 2008, with tickets booked at the Oxford Playhouse Box Office but the Oxford Playhouse has many other exciting productions in the pipeline.

The Bodleian Library dates back to 1600 and holds around 12 million volumes, offering over 200,000 titles from their Early English books and their Eighteenth Century collections, online. It is also a partner in Google's Book Search initiative and they are scanning many of their 19th century books.

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