Author(s): Justin Cartwright

Biography/Memoir

Part of a series called 'The Writer and the City'. Cartwright has returned to his old university, spoken to many leading figures, looked at his favourite places, subjected himself to am English tutorial, attended the freshers' dinner in his old college, studied various works of art, libraries and museums,and reread many Oxford classics. At the same time he has looked at some of the great debates which made Oxford what it is, as well as the most recent debate about funding, which ended in a resounding defeat for the reformers. First published 2008.