Category: Photography

I’m not sure if this represents an old President, a maligned Fellow or some other figure from history, but it certainly stands out among the gargoyles and grotesques of the College’s Chaplain’s Quadrangle. Lots of lectures and hurried reading today, followed by a delightful formal hall at Balliol. Read more →

The first blue sky day in a while coincided with a rowing outing further down the Thames. IP lecture in the afternoon, followed by a lazy evening. Read more →

Brunch with SB, who is up from London, followed by an afternoon of walks, talks and merriment. Debating in the evening, which was, as ever, an amusing exhibit of unchecked political ambition. Read more →

Rumour has it that C S Lewis occupied the set on the first floor of staircase II in New Buildings. On my way to dinner after the moot (which, involving answering judicial interrogatories on the nature of expectation damages in contract law from Prof Endicott, did not go spectacularly well), I took this image of… Read more →

This is where I live — a charming English country house restored during the latter half of the 19th century. It stands on the site of a 17th century mill, purchased at one stage by Merton College, before being sold to Magdalen around the turn of the century as a residence for married fellows. Now… Read more →

Spent the day reading, having lunch with AC and preparing for Saturday’s commercial remedies moot. Coming back from the library, I noticed these shadows being cast by the ironwork of the gates to the Magdalen deer park. Noteworthy since evidence of sunlight, of a sort. Read more →

I just saw a brilliant blue Kingfisher weave across the surface of this quiet corner of the Cherwell. Unfortunately, sluggish from my long lunch with QC, I didn’t get the camera out in time. Now to digest some lengthy articles from American law reviews on internet regulatory theory. Read more →

My cycad plant has seen better days. Since returning from my seven weeks in Portugal and Spain (during which, thanks to the tireless efforts of my scout, it went without water), it seems, one might say, a shadow of its former self… Worcester formal hall tonight. Read more →

Late afternoon tea after finishing some reading. This morning’s rowing outing was down at Radley, which proved a slightly less enjoyable trip than usual on account of the sleet. Joyous. Learnt the Viennese waltz in ballroom class tonight. Read more →