History of Science Museum

Oxford: gargoyles and greatness

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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 ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more