Intriguing Useful and Entertaining online resources
Local people whose broadcasting I recommend
Youtube channel by Oxford architectural historian
Our cohort had the great privilege of three introductory sessions from the history legend of St John’s College Dr William Whyte. He produces these entertaining and fun vignettes on unexpected corners of Oxford’s history.
Others local ‘blogs’ well worth the follow are:
Oxford Lives -
Podcast of Oxford conversations with Jeremy Allen. Discover the nuances of Oxford today
Morris Oxford
The name refers to one of Oxfords more recent and less sung Stars William Morris, not he of wallpaper fame but the Industrialist and philanthropsist from Oxford’s humble Victorian brick streets who invented the Morris Minor car and endowed Oxford University with 4 medical professorships.
The Oxford Sausage
A more recent arrival to the feast the Oxford Sausage casts a delightful historical spotlight on an Oxford excursion each sunday.
The Tudors
Elizabeth I
This you tube touches on the mysterious death of Amy Dudley and is a good view into the life of this extraordinary queen
All things University
Because the colleges have a charitable status a surprising amount of what would otherwise be private is public and online. Information usually provided by the University.
Here are a few of my favourites:
Good History podcasts
History Hits is a curated collection of of history podcasts. https://www.historyhit.com/podcasts/