#Keble

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[clove-pinks]

The Hermaphrodite brig, or brig-schooner, is square-rigged at her foremast like a brig, but without a top forward, and carrying only a fore-and-aft mainsail and gaff topsail on the mainmast. And here it may not be out of place to mention another subtlety: while a barque has three masts, being square-rigged at her fore and main like a ship, and differing from a ship-rigged vessel in having no top at her mizzen, but carrying a fore-and-aft spanker and gaff topsail, yet what is known among sailormen as the "Jackass" barque resembles a barque proper, but has no crosstrees, does not spread lower courses and has no tops.

Illustration and text from Sailing Ships: the Story of their Development from Earliest Times to the Present Day, by Edward Keble Chatterton (1909).

[tonreihe]

John Keble, “The Epiphany” (from The Christian Year)

[timelordoftherings]

The beautiful Keble College in Oxford, UK. Although the name “Keble” always sounds funny to me because in Polish, there’s a word for toilet that pronounced almost the same!

[modernism-in-metroland]

John Keble Memorial Church, Edgware

1937

D.F. Martin-Smith

Image from Coulthard

[pagan-stitches]

Rumex

The docks and sorrels, genus Rumex, are a genus of about 200 species of annual, biennial, and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. Members of this genus are very common perennial herbs with a native almost worldwide distribution, and introduced species growing in the few places where the genus is not native.

I’ve been experimenting with Rumex acetosella, sheep sorrel (bottom right corner) since I stumbled upon a patch earlier this month.

Ginger and Sorrel Iced Coffee

Pescado Asado with Sheep Sorrel

Pollo Asado with Sheep Sorrel

Steel Cut Oats with Ginger and Sorrel Syrup with Walnuts

Czech Sorrel Soup

Sorrel and Ginger Syrup

Illustrations are from my copy of:

Click on the link to borrow it for free.

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 3.29

Holidays

Alchemy Day

Boganda Day (a.k.a. Barthélemy Boganda Day; Central African Republic)

Borrowed Days begin (Calendar legend held that March stole 3 days from April; England, Ireland, Scotland)

Britney Day (San Francisco)

Commemoration of the 1947 Rebellion (a.k.a. Martyrs’ Day; Madagascar)

Day of the Young Combatant (Chile)

Declaw Awareness Day

Food Chain Day

Good Deeds Day

International Day of Solidarity with Haiti

International Day of the Landless

International Mermaid Day

Juenger Day (Germany)

Knights of Columbus Day

Love the Children Day (Texas)

Martyrs’ Day (Madagascar)

Memorial Day (Malagasy Republic)

National Governance Professionals Day

National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day

National Nevada Day

National Vietnam War Veterans Day

Niagara Falls Runs Dry Day

PayDay It Forward Day

Phagwah (Suriname)

Piano Day [88th Day of the Year]

Smoke and Mirrors Day (a.k.a. Festival of Smoke and Mirrors)

Swedish Colonial Day (Delaware)

23rd Amendment Day (US)

Vesta Asteroid Day

World Marbles Day

Youth Day (Taiwan)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Coca-Cola Day

Gnocchi Day (Argentina)

Lemon Chiffon Cake Day

National Pita Day

Nature Celebrations

Alder Day (French Republic)

Burdock Day (Don’t Touch Me; Korean Birth Flowers)

Mule Day (Columbia, Tennessee)

Independence, Flag & Related Days

Barotseland (Declared; 2012) [unrecognized]

Helvetian Republic (Proclaimed; 1798)

Punjab Annexation (by the British; 1849)

New Year’s Days

Hindu New Year (Indonesia)

5th & Last Saturday in March

Brothers’ and Sisters’ Day [Last Saturday]

Earth Hour (turn off your lights for 1 hour @8:30 pm local time) [Last Saturday]

Global Sisterhood Day [Last Saturday]

Sandwich Saturday [Every Saturday]

Six For Saturday [Every Saturday]

Spaghetti Saturday [Every Saturday]

Start That Book [Last Saturday]

Support Women Artists Now Day [Last Saturday]

World Day for the End of Fishing [Last Saturday]

Weekly Holidays beginning March 29 (4th Week of March)

Nano Days (thru 4.6) [Last Saturday/Weekend thru 1st April Weekend]

Festivals On or Beginning March 29, 2025

Atlantic City Beer & Music Fest (Atlantic City, New Jersey)

Bradford County Strawberry Festival (Starke, Florida) [thru 3.30]

Carnival of Stavelot (Stavelot, Belgium) [thru 3.31]

Cherry Blossom Festival (Virginia Beach, Virginia) [thru 3.30]

The Chocolate Expo (Edison, New Jersey) [thru 3.30]

Elberta German Sausage Festival (Elberta, Alabama)

Maple Syrup Festival (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) [thru 3.30]

St. Augustine Lions Seafood Festival (St. Augustine, Florida) [thru 3.30]

Taste of Rums (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Feast Days

Aequinoctium Vernum, Day 3 (Pagan)

Altoona Rooney (Muppetism)

Armogastes, Archinimus, and Saturnus (Christian; Martyrs)

Artemis Soteira (Goddess Artemis Festival; Ancient Greece)

Berthold (Christian; Saint)

Celsus (Positivist; Saint)

Cocktail Hour Every Hour Day (Pastafarian)

Cyril of Heliopolis (Christian; Martyr)

A Day of Redress (Shamanism)

The Delphinaia (Festival to Apollo; Ancient Greece)

Egg Lore Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Erik Satie Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Eustace of Luxeuil (Christian; Saint)

Expulsion of the Demons of Bad Luck (Pagan)

Festival of Ishtar (Babylonia)

Festival of Smoke and Mirrors

Gundleus, a Welsh King (Christian; Saint)

Gwladys (Christian; Saint)

Gwynllyw (Christian; Saint)

Hans Nielsen Hauge (Lutheran)

Imam Mahdi Day (Iran)

Jonas, Barachisus, and companions (Christian; Martyrs)

John Keble (commemoration, Anglicanism)

Ludolf (Christian; Saint)

Mark of Arethusa, in Syria (Christian; Saint)

Masquerade Ritual Day (Bobo People of Africa; Everyday Wicca)

Rupert of Salzburg (Christian; Saint)

Lunar Calendar Holidays

Chinese: Month 3 (Geng-Chen), Day 1 (Ding-You)

Day Pillar: Fire Rooster

12-Day Officers/12 Gods: Destruction Day (破 Po) [Inauspicious]

Holidays: Youth Day (Taiwan)

Secular Saints Days

Michael Brecker (Music)

Roberto Chabet (Art)

Bud Cort (Entertainment)

Astrid Gilerto (Music)

Judith Guest (Literature)

Raymond Hood (Architecture)

Eric Idle (Entertainment)

Christopher Lambert (Entertainment)

Oscar Mayer (Science)

Adolfo Müller-Ury (Art)

Jo Nesbø (Literature)

Johann Moritz Rugendas (Art)

John Russell (Art)

Amy Sedaris (Entertainment)

Vangelis (Music)

Cy Young (Sports)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [22 of 57]

Premieres

All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (Animated Film; 1996)

Around the World in Ten Minutes (Univ Film Co Cartoon; 1915)

The Birthday Party (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1937)

Black Magic Woman, by Santana (Song; 1968)

Blow by Blow, by Jeff Beck (Album; 1975)

Breakfast in America, by Supertramp (Album; 1979)

Bunnies and Bonnets (Krazy Kat Cartoon; 1933)

Career Opportunities (Film; 1991)

A Cat’s Tale (Blue Ribbon Hit Parade Cartoon; 1947)

Death on the Riviera, by John Bude (Novel; 1952)

Death to Smoochy (Film; 2002)

Desperately Seeking Susan (Film; 1985)

Eugene Onegin, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Opera; 1879)

The Fishing Fool (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)

Fishing Tackler (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Fistic Mystic (WB LT Cartoon; 1969)

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Film; 2024)

Give and Tyke (Spike & Tyke MGM Cartoon; 1957)

Godzilla x. Kong: The New Empire (Film; 2024)

Goofy Groceries (WB MM Cartoon; 1941)

Hare-Way to the Stars (WB LT Cartoon; 1958)

He Wants What He Wants When He Wants It (The Newlyweds Cartoon; 1913)

Hot Dog (Fleischer Talkartoons Cartoon; 1930)

The King and I (Broadway Musical; 1951)

Little Beau Pepe (WB MM Cartoon; 1952)

Lust for Life, by Irving Stone (Biography; 1934)

Male Bags or Homely Are the Brave (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 358; 1965)

Mother Hub-Hubba-Hubbard (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1947)

My Old Kentucky Home (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1946)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb, by Ludwig van Beethoven (Piano Concerto; 1795)

Please Don't Eat the Daisies, by Jean Kerr (Novel; 1957)

Porky’s Bear Facts (WB LT Cartoon; 1941)

Ready Player One (Film; 2018)

Rogues’ Gallery or Hole That Line-Up (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 357; 1965)

The Rookie (Film; 2003)

Room 237 (Documentary Film; 2013)

Sheep Skinned (Krazy Kat Cartoon; 1929)

Some Like It Hot (Film; 1959)

Stage Stunts (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)

Stealin’ Ain’t Honest (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1940)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (Film; 1939)

Umbrella, by Rihanna (Song; 2007)

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, by Billie Eilish (Album; 2019)

Today’s Name Days

Berthold, Helmut, Ludolf (Austria)

Bertold, Eustazije, Jona (Croatia)

Taťána (Czech Republic)

Jonas (Denmark)

Joakim, Joonas, Kimmo (Estonia)

Joni, Jonne, Jonni, Joona, Joonas, Jouni (Finland)

Gladys, Gwladys (France)

Berthold, Helmut, Ludolf (Germany)

Auguszta (Hungary)

Secondo (Italy)

Agija, Aldonis, Ilma, Ranta (Latvia)

Almantė, Bertoldas, Manvydas (Lithuania)

Jonas, Jonatan (Norway)

Cyryl, Czcirad, Eustachiusz, Eustachy, Ostap, Wiktoryn (Poland)

Denia, Marcu (Romania)

Miroslav (Slovakia)

Eustasio (Spain)

Jens, Jonas (Sweden)

Berthold, Fletcher, Pearl, Pearle, Pearlie, Pearline, Perla (USA)

Today’s National Name Days

National Bud Day

National Jo Day

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 88 of 2025; 277 days remaining in the year

ISO Week: Day 6 of Week 13 of 2025

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 12 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Geng-Chen), Day 1 (Ding-You)

Chinese Year of the: Snake 4723 (until February 17, 2026) [Ding-Chou]

Coptic: 20 Baramhat 1741

Druid Tree Calendar: Hazel (Mar 21-31) [Day 9 of 11]

Hebrew: 29 Adar 5785

Islamic: 29 Ramadan 1446

Julian: 16 March 2025

Moon: 0%: New Moon

Positivist: 4 Archimedes (4th Month) [Celsus]

Runic Half Month: Beore (Birch Tree) [Day 16 of 16] (thru 3.29)

Season: Spring (Day 9 of 92)

SUn Calendar: 29 Green; Eighthday [29 of 30]

Week: 4th Week of March

Zodiac:

Tropical (Typical) Zodiac: Aries (Day 9 of 30)

Sidereal Zodiac: Pisces (Day 15 of 30)

Schmidt Zodiac: Pisces (Day 9 of 26)

IAU Boundaries (Current) Zodiac: Pisces (Day 18 of 38)

IAU Boundaries (1977) Zodiac: Pisces (Day 18 of 38)

Calendar Changes

桃月 [Táoyuè] (Chinese Lunisolar Calendar) [Month 3 of 12] (Peach Month) [Earthly Branch: Dragon Month] (Sānyuè; Third Month)

[lemnnshark]

Art fight attacks part 4

Oneear and Vixenspring for Letya-chan

Acornfall for RobinNoir | Hermes for Keble

Lynxfur for Freezedom

Goose for Kip-The-Furry | Finch for SayWeCanFall

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Végre hát leszállt az éj.

A Hold is elbújt, borzad, tőlem fél.

A sötétség tengerén nincs csalfa fénysugár.

Csak a csend és a múlt, az a sok kép, mely visszajár.

A búzaföld aranyban játszott már,

1617 csodás nyarán.

A fű hullámzott köröttünk,

éreztem a kezét, ahogy bőrömhöz ért.

Nem sejthette rólam, hogy elvesztem,

és én magam is azt hittem, még győzhetek.

Mégis akkor ott először történt meg,

meghalt amíg ölelt.

És mindig így volt ez,

hány élet lett két kezem közt semmivé?

Ó bárcsak tűz volnék, és elhamvadnék,

de lángra nem gyúl jég!

Szállnék fel a fénylő magasba,

de kőkoloncként húz le a mély.

Volnék egy angyal, lennék egy ördög bár,

de csak egy lidérc alak vagyok,

az ki nem kapja meg azt amit vár.

Csak egy perc, egy lélegzetnyi boldogság

lenne végre már enyém.

De örök szenvedés lett sorsom,

ez az éhség mely kísér.

A lelkész lánya áldozás után,

1730 bolond májusán,

vöröslő vérével írtam verset én

keble fehér márványán.

És a császár apródja a kastélynál,

ez 1813 ősze már,

hogy azt a fájó gyászt ott túléltem,

sosem bocsájtom meg!

Ez lett a végzetem!

hány élet kell, hogy éhem elteljék?

A világ száz rejtély, mind tudni vágytam,

de magam sem ismerem még!

Vágyom rá, hogy szabad lehessek,

érzem, hogy láncok ezre béklyóz.

Volnék egy égi szent, vagy tán egy gonosztevő...

de csak egy lidércalak vagyok,

csak egy szörnyeteg ki azt rombolja szét mindig mit szeret és félt.

Szép a hit, hogy egyszer minden jobb lesz majd,

ez ad szenvednünk erőt.

Én csak jóllakni akartam,

de az éhség egyre nőtt.

Van ki büszke rá, hogy ember,

másnak pénz és hírnév kell.

Kit a művészet és a tudás vonz,

mást a kaland, hogy hős legyen.

Hisznek ezernyi más-más Istenben...

Az ég és a pokol, a bűn és az erény

mind jelkép, hogy megértsd, s vakon hidd a Szentírást...

Még sincs más erő, egy űz tovább,

ez a gyalázatos végtelen és felemésztő pusztító és kínzó,

el nem múló vágy...

Az eljövendő kornak én azt jósolom most hát,

Hogy a következő évezred hajnalán már, itt csak egy isten lesz,

És úgy hívják, az el nem múló vágy...

[ginandoldlace]

As vast housing estates went up all around London in the 1930s, creating what most of us now think as London’s suburbs, all of the community buildings were going up too. The Church of England for example built about 45 new churches in London in the mid 30s with this one, the John Keble Church being one of them. What is unusual about this place though is the architecture. Whilst a lot of synagogues were designed in a modernist style (perhaps because of the amount of leading Jewish architects that had fled to England from Europe at the time) most churches were built in a more conservative and familiar way. Not so the John Keble, which was designed by D F Martin-Smith in what must have been a very daring style back then. John Keble himself was a 19th Century church reformer so perhaps it’s appropriate that 100 years later a radical new type of church was built in his name?

Although this building was officially opened in 1936 there was a temporary wooden shed on the site for about four years serving the growing new estate’s ecclesiastical needs as the permanent building went up next to it. After four years waiting and with great anticipation, on the cold December night of its consecration, 800 local people packed the building waiting for the Bishop of London to turn up and do his bishopy things to make things official. Unfortunately that night there was a full on London pea souper of a smog covering the area making the Bishop quite late and the large crowd were left waiting wondering if he was going to text his ETA at any point or just leave them hanging. He did eventually turn up and went straight to the church hall next door and casually donned his robes and bishop stuff and then eventually made a grand entrance into the main venue and started the show as if nothing had happened. It is believed by some that the events at the John Keble that night and the Bishop’s very late arrival on stage went on to influence almost every Guns n Roses concert some 50 years later. History is amazing eh?

[chameleocoonj]

More artfights!

Zac for ecryptiid - Chath for DantesFunkyInferno

Keble for Beanboozled44 - Nanners for KTD

[jacquesbonhomie]

The quad, Keble College, Oxford. Clear night. February

[world-of-wales]

The Duke of Cambridge officially opened the new graduate building, the H B Allen Centre, at Keble College | 3 OCTOBER 2019

[tonreihe]

John Keble, “Psalm LI” (from The Psalter, or Psalms of David: In English Verse)

[thepixelpenguin]

Mario Kart Tour: Oxford Foray

Told you this page would be random.

I think an underappreciated aspect of Tour's city track design is their atmosphere. They don't just tour recognisable landmarks in a believable layout, they really capture the city's character! From New York's dazzling nightlife to LA's casual appeal, Singapore's extreme extravagance to Sydney's energetic simplicity, Vancouver's splashes of colour and natural beauty, Amsterdam's effortless harmony with canals and nature alike, Rome's ancient architecture with comfortable life on top, Madrid's modern bustle with impressive history underneath, Athens' proud (and hilly) past and Bangkok's humble yet hopeful future, and Berlin's seamless integration of all eras: they're all accurate as far as I can surmise. There's only a few that I think don't quite hit the mark. Paris’ modernity is smothered in quaint romanticism, though what else could one expect, Tokyo has little of its maximalist flair, but perhaps the graphics limited that, and then… London.

I'm certainly biased, it being my home country and the only city on the list I've seen for more than a day, but it seems to only hit the beats of its most recognisable icons: laudably no doubt, but the city isn't just its imposing imperial riches! What strikes me about London is its fast-paced mishmash of cultures that fill in all the gaps between the great British statements like water running over cobbled streets: history and novelty around every corner! The course gives me the impression of the former but not the latter. 

I'm not sure I'm qualified to rectify this, but I can make up for it with another English icon! My hometown has its history, but not enough to base a tour around. My current homestead, however, is undeniably culturally significant, and it's not just that. I hope I did well to convey the place as storied and not just interesting, but inviting, a genuinely fun place to stay for a day or a year. That's how I feel about it at least.

HERE WE GO

1: Our foray begins on the left side of the picturesque High Street, between Queen’s College and the Examination Schools. It’s a noticeably wide street (and a noticeably wide gothic limestone starting gate with a waving chequered flag to boot), with a cobbled dividing strip, and plenty of buses to crowd the way! As the road narrows and items are collected, there’s a right turn into the Covered Market, which has three narrow lanes to choose from, and a few opportunities to weave between.

Out of the market is a sharp right turn down a walled alley, with the lovely Exeter and Lincoln colleges adjoining. This is before a huge 180 turn with another item set around the Radcliffe Camera, an impressive dome in the middle of a big communal square. Having lost its fence, at that, so if you’ve got a mushroom and are prepared to miss out on items, the shortcut is worth it! Racers continue north past All Souls College and the Bodleian Library to reach the roundabout connecting Broad Street and Holywell Street. Remember the Bridge of Sighs to your right.

The route continues up Parks Road, a leafy avenue with plenty of boost panels, before splitting around Keble College! If you continue straight forwards, you get an easy wide road, and a view of both the Natural History Museum and University Parks. However, if you take that subtle sharp left, you can find a potentially faster cut-through that’s a bit tougher to navigate. I didn’t even have to design this one!

Both options reconvene at the apex of St Giles, where a patch of off-road leads to an optional ramp, and the road broadens to quite a degree, leaving room for a ridiculous row of coins. The abbreviated straight ends at the Martyr’s Memorial, which now has just a humble patch of grass behind it instead of an entire church, just to improve the flow.

A quick left turn introduces Broad Street, which, you guessed it, also widens out, somewhat narrowed by some of the city’s numerous bike racks. However, this one has its right half covered in short wooden ramps, for the first half! These can be useful for some trick boosts, but more coins lay the other way. Items are given at the halfway point. Before reaching the roundabout at the end, there is a conspicuous diversion past the Sheldonian Theatre (which has no fence, to make way for the race) and through the library complex towards the Bridge of Sighs. Racers may either run straight through the gate (tricking as they go) or take the grated glider ramps to make it over the bridge!

The return to the start line via New College Lane and Queen’s Lane is a winding, narrow path, walled in by the historic namesake colleges. You’ll have to forgive them for not having karts running through their grounds. Nonetheless, navigate those chicanes and a final left turn (with a sneaky cut over the pavement) brings you back to the line. It’s a long one alright!

2: As in track 1, we begin on the High Street, though this time we forge ahead past the Covered Market, the traffic turning off before the Carfax Tower, until the course swerves into the Westgate Centre. In a strikingly similar manner to Coconut Mall, the route has two walkways either side of an optional drop with escalators, before a right turn into a more open area where the drop and escalators are forced. I swear it’s coincidental! The decor is distinct at least. 

After grabbing items wherever you may encounter them, exit the mall via another sharp right turn onto open road. Make use of its breadth before you have to navigate the Castle & Prison, which is exactly what it sounds like! A couple of narrow turns later, there is a brief anti-grav uphill to wind up the Castle Mound to a big glider ramp, from which one must avoid the dreaming spires of Nuffield College and St Peter’s College some random church, or grab some of the revolving coins if you’re daring…

Though you could just drop onto the street, the Ashmolean’s grand ionic forum is a perfect landing place, where one can drift around to jump down the stairs and find themselves heading onto Broad Street once again! This time, the route heads past the theatre and turns at the roundabout, so the other lot of ramps, this time occupying the left half, can be made useful. The lap ends the way you’d expect after turning at the roundabout.

3: Unlike both 2 and 1, we start our race on Cornmarket Street (under a long hanging sign of oil paints on wood, the closest I can get to putting a pub in a kids’ game), a place I would be remiss not to include, along with its clutter of bicycle parking. If there’s one thing you notice about transit in Oxford, it’s how many bicycles are in the way. However, if you can dodge around the racks, you may find some coins or even dash panels…

Anyway, Cornmarket is a simple, if not uninterrupted, straight, which racers take south, spying once again the Carfax Tower and then the Town Hall and impressive Christ Church. You know, the big one. The road continues down St Aldates with all its traffic, but soon turns left through the open gates of Christ Church Meadow! The next half of the lap takes place in greener pastures, first down a puddle-ridden southward straightaway with sparse items and Moo Moos spectating, then when the course meets the Thames and Folly Bridge, a more wide open snaking route with grass shortcuts abound! The riverside path remains intact, but still off-road.

After doing this eastward a while, the course drastically narrows as it winds its way northward strictly following the meanders of the Cherwell. Of course, there’s nothing stopping you from driving through the river itself, but the bumpy terrain and drag force balances any advantage of breadth. A wiser path is found by jumping onto a series of punts, which can be quite hard to aim for, but offer a trick each time. They’re not hard to come by in Oxford. This continues all the way to the Botanic Gardens, which can themselves be snuck through via a gap in the fence. Those wishing for a complete row of item boxes and, of course, the exquisite surroundings, can find themselves jumping over the pond in the south section before reaching the north, where a quick right around the fountain directs you between the greenhouses to reenter the river. The river, of course, does continue past the gardens, but who would want to miss out? Especially when that part of the bed gets so muddy…

When you’ve finally made it to Magdalen Bridge, you need only drive under it to find a wide slope up to the roundabout, which is drifted around before crossing the bridge to witness the lovely Magdalen Tower! We then cross the line - the line from the other versions, that is - before sneaking past the University Church to reach the road past the Radcliffe Camera. The Bodleian Library can now be dashed through for a guaranteed double box, if you can find the narrow entry! The rest is obvious: take Broad Street one last time, westward now, to reach the top of Cornmarket Street.

So how might these all fit together if they were given the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe treatment? Honestly, probably better than the individual courses! Lap 1 takes version 1, of course, but stops short of Broad Street, instead cutting through via Cornmarket to start lap 2, with version 2 taking over by way of a right turn at Carfax Tower. Lap 3 simply commences from the High Street and doesn’t bother with the whole Broad Street diversion: we’ve already seen it!

Oh right, I also made the music for it! You'll have to forgive Musescore's playback engine, they try, bless 'em.

It too had to be truly emblematic of Oxford, and besides the obvious historical, academic, fancy vibes, no sound reminds me more of this place than the echoing of church bells! And there are choirs in every college. So I ended up with a rather baroque piece, arpeggiated bass, change ringing, suspensions and all, which certainly suits the locale, but does NOT typically suit Mario Kart's encouraging energy. Heck, they almost always rely on synths, too, let alone their melody-first composition style that is entirely unfamiliar. How did I fit the mould? By focusing on intensity of Biblical proportions! If there's one thing choirs and organs can do, it's a ramp-up of DRAMA. With enough build and release, it's got the natural energy. Slap on a drum-beat and it ends up shockingly fitting. With all the zero inspiration I had to go on, I seriously surprised myself with this one. Judge for yourself!

Oxford is quite a convenient place to work with: most cities are so massive that you have to smush all the landmarks together and the layout doesn’t quite come naturally. But this place is already so compact, and packed with unmistakable buildings! Also, I know they’re trying to be flattering, but can you believe London saw not a drop of rain?! I think Oxford should be partially cloudy by contrast, providing a gentle rainfall, but with enough streams of sunlight to pierce the depressing grey… it could make the meadow look positively angelic!

Perhaps one day I’ll try my hand at Hong Kong Hustle to address Tokyo’s plight… or Shanghai Streets, I can’t decide! And then there’s one that is so easy to make that it’d be kind of funny just to do for the sake of it. We’ll see.

If anyone wants to take the names Rio de Janeiro Jaunt, New Delhi Journey, Moscow Scoot, Stockholm Swing, Cairo Cruise, Geneva Chase, or best of all, Brussels Bout, be my guest. And if any modders feel like 3d-modelling most of Oxford for me, I would love to give it a look :D

[accuratepicuresofanthropologists]

E.E. Evans-Pritchard, a life in pictures

copy to come

"Evans-Pritchard, 1956. Photograph by Walter Stoneman. Courtesy Royal Anthropological Institute (400_035962)." from A Touch of Genius

"E-P as a young man" from Touch of Genius

Evans-Pritchard in Cairo, from Touch of Genius

From Touch of Genius -- during WWII

Another shot in uniform from Touch of Genius.

from A Touch of Genius. This is from later in life during his time as professor at Oxford

The Institute staff in the library at 11 Keble Road in 1953. Standing, left to right, Godfrey Leinhardt, Paul Bohannan, David Pocock. Seated, left to right, Phyllis Puckle (librarian/secretary), E-P, John Peristiany via Touch of Genius