Another interesting bit about Oxford is that it was the school that produced several authors that are still popular today.
Phillip Pullman, author of the 'Dark Materials' trilogy which begins with "The Golden Compass" which is in the theaters now, attended Oxford and lives there today.
But the big ones are C.S. Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia, Screwtape letters) and his friend JRR Tolkein (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings trilogy). They were part of a group of authors that met regularly calling themselves The Inklings. They regularly met in a pub called "The Bird and Baby", nicknamed "The Baby." That pub is still there, now called 'The Eagle and Child' but still nicknamed 'The Baby.' Wouldn't they have had some interesting conversations?
Gordon Brown, the current Prime Minister, also attended Oxford but does not seem nearly so popular as these others.
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