Northwest of London, Oxford’s nickname is the City of Dreaming Spires for its ornate architecture and medieval city center.

Matthew Arnold is responsible for two of the most celebrated remarks ever made about Oxford. One is the phrase “city of dreaming spires”—actually “that sweet City with her dreaming spires,” in his ...

Mr. Snyder’s background is Medieval History and ... No matter how short the time Gatsby spent in the City of Dreaming Spires, Oxford is where Fitzgerald placed much of his identity.

Young author graduated this summer with a degree in English language and literature Comparisons to J.K. Rowling have been %22a blessing and a curse%2C%22 she says The ...

THE beautiful skyline of Oxford's dreaming spires is one of the most photographed skylines in the UK. People from Oxford are proud of their picturesque city, and it is one of the most snapped ...

The Jolly Post Boys pub in south-east Oxford is doing a roaring trade for local craft beers: Steady Rolling Man, a brew from nearby Gloucestershire, is one of the pub’s biggest sellers ...

Now we can add the U.K. city of Oxford to the list. City councilor and former Lord Mayor of Oxford, Mary Clarkson has described the ancient university town as a “tourist hell.” ...

Yet Oxford, the "City of Dreaming Spires" - a term coined by the poet Matthew Arnold) is so much more than just a university - even though, at about 900 years, that university is one of the oldest ...

However, one of the less widely known species is the Oxford ragwort which is pictured. This is an introduced wildflower and either an annual or a short-lived perennial weed of waste ground ...