Tag Archives: Sheldonian Theatre

2308, 2012

The perfect weather for a photograph.

Joseph/ August 23, 2012/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

All in all, today was a good day – except for the fact that this afternoon I accidentally locked myself out of the office and had to cross town twice to get the key from an office mate who luckily was still around. (Perhaps these days’ stress is taking its toll after all.) As I walked (ran, actually) into town to fetch the key from my friend I couldn’t stop cursing my luck; here was such perfect weather, and my camera was locked inside whilst the sun’s last rays started retreating.

2805, 2011

The Sheldonian at night.

Joseph/ May 28, 2011/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

I know. As soon as you read the title of this post you probably thought “The Sheldonian… again?!” But bear with me a moment. I invite you to look again at the pictures of this place which I’ve posted in the past – and I am sure that the first thing you’ll notice is that no two photos quite ever look the same. And indeed, whilst the building is the same old one in each and every picture, the light plays its magical game in an infinite number of different ways.

1805, 2011

The Sheldonian

Joseph/ May 18, 2011/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

Every Oxford student begins and ends their journey here, at the Sheldonian Theatre. The official entry to the university commences with a matriculation ceremony in this place. Throughout their time spent in Oxford, they will surely have attended many debates, concerts and other events held in this most beautiful of Oxford buildings designed by Christopher Wren and built between 1664 and 1668. And the culmination of all those years’ efforts is marked by a graduation ceremony held in the same building.

2503, 2011

The Bridge of Sighs

Joseph/ March 25, 2011/ Uncategorized/ 1 comments

Here is a picture of one of the major tourist attractions in Oxford – Hertford college’s Bridge of Sighs designed by Sir Thomas Jackson and completed in 1914. A famous legend about the bridge says that a long time ago, the bridge was closed so that the students would be forced to exercise themselves by taking the stairs since a health survey had shown Hertford students to be the heaviest. As much as we would all like this story to be true, it is sadly not – and actually it turns

2103, 2011

The hope for tomorrow.

Joseph/ March 21, 2011/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

As I look again at this picture which I took on Saturday, I can’t help but feel drawn again towards my own childhood memories – and one aspect of my childhood which I clearly remember, as I’m sure all of you do as well, is how everything used to look impressive and enormous. Then you grow up and everything around you seems to start shrinking in size and complexity – buildings become smaller and concepts easier to understand. When I snapped this photo, none of this went through my mind. All