Revisiting the familiar

The Historic Heart of Oxford University

Geoffrey Tyack

(Bodleian Library Publishing, £35)

THE historic buildings of the University of Oxford—as distinct from its colleges—are clustered together in the centre of the city. They comprise Saint Mary’s Church, the Radcliffe Camera, the various elements of the Bodleian Library, the Clarendon Building, the Sheldonian and the Old Ashmolean Museum.

In this well-illustrated and accessible book,