VIEWS: 220K. Top 10 Most-Read Posts

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Thank you for reading my Oxford blog. 

As of June 25, 2017 it has had more than 220,000 page views (two million views for all my blogs).

More than 10% of the Oxford blog views were directed at one post, which seeks answers to the question: "Why Didn't Hitler Bomb Oxford?"

The subjects of the other nine posts were: boat races, heraldry, biographies/obits and Oxford colleges in fiction. Please keep reading and send comments to john@cityeconomist.com.

1 HITLER: Why Didn't He Bomb Oxford? (23K Views, Jun... Jun 8, 2013, 3 comments

2 OXFORD IN FICTION: Top Six Fictional Colleges (Upd... Jul 2, 2016

3 SUMMER EIGHTS: May 19-27, 2017 Jan 31, 2017

4 HERALDRY: Oxford Stars (Updated Feb. 24, 2017) Nov 21, 2014, 2 comments

5 BOAT RACE: Dinners 2015 Mar 1, 2015

6 THERESA MAY: Time at Oxford (Updated Oct. 29, 2016... Jul 27, 2016

7 R.I.P.: July 11–Oxonian John Brademas, NYU Preside... Jul 25, 2016

8 BRITISH PMs: Universities Attended (Updated Aug. 1... Jul 14, 2016

9 HERALDRY: Douglas, Moray, de Vere (Updated Mar 24,... Nov 23, 2014, 2 comments

10 R.I.P.: Geoffrey Hill, Oxford Poet Jul 2, 2016

VIEWS: 210K. Top Ten Posts in April

April 25, 2017—This blog's page views have passed the 210K mark. The monthly count is about 10,000. 

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Here are the top posts during the last month, April 2017.

WW2: Why Wasn't Oxford Bombed? (22K Views, Mar 201... Jun 8, 2013, 3 comments

OXFORD IN FICTION: Top Six Fictional Colleges (Upd... Jul 2, 2016

SUMMER EIGHTS: May 19-27, 2017 Jan 31, 2017

R.I.P.: July 11–Oxonian John Brademas, NYU Preside... Jul 25, 2016

THERESA MAY: Time at Oxford (Updated Oct. 29, 2016... Jul 27, 2016

BRITISH PMs: Universities Attended Jul 14, 2016

HEAD OF THE CHARLES: Alumni Tent Oct 17, 2016

BOAT RACES 2017: Oxford Win Men's, Cambridge Women... Feb 3, 2017, 1 comment

R.I.P.: Geoffrey Hill, Oxford Poet Jul 2, 2016

BLOG VIEWS: Sep 10, 2016–140K Views

VIEWS: 200K. Top 10 posts since 2013.

This Oxford-Cambridge blog has reached 200,000 page views. 

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Comment, please, or contact the blog owner directly at jtmarlin@post.harvard.edu.

Here are the top ten most-read posts since May 2013.

Entry

WW2: Why Wasn't Oxford Bombed? (21K Views, Feb. 11... Jun 8, 2013, 3 comments

OXFORD IN FICTION: Top Six Fictional Colleges (Upd... Jul 2, 2016

HERALDRY: Oxford Stars (Updated Feb. 24, 2017) Nov 21, 2014, 2 comments

BOAT RACE: Dinners 2015 Mar 1, 2015

HERALDRY: Douglas, Moray, de Vere (Updated Sep. 16... Nov 23, 2014, 2 comments

R.I.P.: Peter V. Darrow (1950-2013) May 20, 2013

BRITISH PMs: Universities Attended (Updated Aug. 1... Jul 14, 2016

THERESA MAY: Time at Oxford (Updated Oct. 29, 2016... Jul 27, 2016

R.I.P.: July 11–Oxonian John Brademas, NYU Preside... Jul 25, 2016

R.I.P.: Oxonian Geoffrey Hill, Poet Jul 2, 2016

BLOG VIEWS: 180K, Top 10 Posts in January

This blog has passed 180,000 page views.  Thank you for reading!  Top ten posts in January, based on page views in the last four weeks, are below with links. WW2: Why Wasn't Oxford Bombed? (20K Views... Jun 8, 2013, 3 comments

OXFORD COLLEGES: Top Six Fictional Sites (Updated ... Jul 2, 2016

R.I.P.: Oxonian Geoffrey Hill, Poet Jul 2, 2016

BRITISH PMs: Universities Attended (Updated Aug. 1... Jul 14, 2016

POPULISM | Swinging Back in USA and Britain (PS No... Jun 29, 2016

THERESA MAY: Time at Oxford (Updated Oct. 29, 2016... Jul 27, 2016

R.I.P.: July 11–Oxonian John Brademas, NYU Preside... Jul 25, 2016, 1 comment

HEAD OF THE CHARLES: Alumni Tent Oct 17, 2016

OXFORD BEER: Brewer Walton of Shotover Hill May 17, 2016

BLOG VIEWS: Sep 10, 2016–140K Views Sep 10, 2016

BLOG VIEWS: Oct. 26, 150K Views, Top Posts

Cantabridgia Fools the Waves. Cambridge women's blue
boat appears to sinking under water. What seems to be a
periscope behind the cox is actually a movie camera.

This blog just passed 150,000 page views! 

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See 2016 Men's Race and Women's Race tapes here.

Most-Read Posts in October
WW2: Why Wasn't Oxford Bombed? (Oct 11, 2016–18.5K...
Jun 8, 2013, 2 comments
COLLEGE ARMS: Oxford Shop (Updated Sept. 24, 2016)...
May 13, 2016, 1 comment
HERALDRY: Oxford Stars (Updated Sep 29, 2016)
Nov 21, 2014, 2 comments
OXFORD COLLEGES: Top Six Fictional Sites (Updated ...
Jul 2, 2016
HEAD OF THE CHARLES: Alumni Tent
Oct 17, 2016
R.I.P.: Oxonian Geoffrey Hill, Poet
Jul 2, 2016
RELIGION: Oxford v. Cambridge (Updated Dec. 6, 201...
Jun 24, 2014
BRITISH PMs: Universities Attended (Updated Aug. 1...
Jul 14, 2016
HERALDRY: Douglas, Moray, de Vere (Updated Sep. 16...
Nov 23, 2014, 2 comments
R.I.P.: July 11–Oxonian John Brademas, NYU Preside...
Jul 25, 2016, 1 comment

R.I.P.: Geoffrey Hill, Oxford Poet

Sir Geoffrey Hill, uncredited photo in
Oxonian Review.

Oxonian Sir Geoffrey Hill, from Keble College, has often been praised as Britain’s finest living poet, even as the finest contemporary poetry in English.

He lived out his final years in Cambridge, where he taught in the 1980s. He also taught for many years at Boston University. He died on June 30 at 84.

In 2010 Hill was elected to Oxford's Professorship of Poetry for five years, leaving far behind the nine other candidates. The election was announced on Hill's 78th birthday, and he also received the degree of Honorary D Litt at Encaenia the following week. The Warden of Keble was his official "representative" in the election. Previous holders of the post have included John Keble and Matthew Arnold and more recently Hill's longtime colleague at Boston University, Christopher Ricks.

His complex poetry is noted for its passionate moral tone. It is chock-full of dark and learned references to violence and religion in English history, while celebrating the landscape of Worcestershire, where he was born to working-class family.

His death was announced by his wife Alice on Twitter and by Emmanuel College, Cambridge on its website.

Comment

The version of his obituary in the New York Times that I read refers to his Oxford college as "Kemble", which is a town in Gloucestershire. The Times meant Keble College. John Keble was from Gloucestershire and was an Anglican churchman, involved in the Oxford Movement along with John Henry Newman, who became a Roman Catholic. Coincidentally a Fr. John Kemble, Roman Catholic priest from Herefordshire, was martyred and sainted after the alleged "Popish Plot" of 1678 to assassinate Charles II. This John Kemble is apparently not connected with either Keble College or Geoffrey Hill.