Oxford: gargoyles and greatness
August 5th 2014 We began our day in Oxford at Magdalen College, a gorgeous confection of gargoyles, checkerboard lawns, a river walk with a deer park and reading seats carved out of tree trunks. The gargoyles apparently inspired CS Lewis, who was a fellow here, to create the stone garden in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. The chapel is particularly lovely with a quite extraordinary monochromatic stai
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