What a generous offer! I would certainly like to accept it some time, but who knows the next time I shall be in England, let alone Oxford.
Although, you may be able to help me with something less concrete (but more interesting) than a drink. I need to do some research on Oxford (and more specifically, Magdalen College) around 1869-1871 for a Holmes fic (of DOOM) that I am writing. I cannot find books that are histories of the university, and not simply histories published by the university. I have read quite a lot online, but that only gives on so much information, without any feel for what university life would have been like, and as I am not British myself it is even harder. So, if you know of any books, histories, websities, gossip, etc. that would be useful, I would be unendingly grateful. In return, I would offer you my undying gratitude, credit, and of course advance snippets for your reading pleasure.
And of course, OMG Wimsey yay! I've never seen Edward Petherbridge as Wimsey, though I can only imagine that he MUST be better than that other chappie, Ian Carmichael, but I have heard him play Holmes on NPR (that's National Public Radio, which is an American radio institution). It was years ago, but I remember liking him, though I think he may have been a bit nasally. He played an amazing Culverton Smith for the BBC a few years ago.
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Although, you may be able to help me with something less concrete (but more interesting) than a drink. I need to do some research on Oxford (and more specifically, Magdalen College) around 1869-1871 for a Holmes fic (of DOOM) that I am writing. I cannot find books that are histories of the university, and not simply histories published by the university. I have read quite a lot online, but that only gives on so much information, without any feel for what university life would have been like, and as I am not British myself it is even harder. So, if you know of any books, histories, websities, gossip, etc. that would be useful, I would be unendingly grateful. In return, I would offer you my undying gratitude, credit, and of course advance snippets for your reading pleasure.
And of course, OMG Wimsey yay! I've never seen Edward Petherbridge as Wimsey, though I can only imagine that he MUST be better than that other chappie, Ian Carmichael, but I have heard him play Holmes on NPR (that's National Public Radio, which is an American radio institution). It was years ago, but I remember liking him, though I think he may have been a bit nasally. He played an amazing Culverton Smith for the BBC a few years ago.