Dons and Dragons

[Lalwendë]

Here's an interesting programme on Radio 4 tomorrow morning - Thursday 18th at 11.30am. Also repeated on Monday at 0.15 (technically Sunday night).

Some of the best known children's books of the last 150 years were dreamt up in Oxford - Alice in Wonderland, Lord of the Rings, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and His Dark Materials.

Michael Rosen is joined by Phillip Pullman, Jonathan Miller and AN Wilson as he explores the nooks and crannies of medieval buildings, rifles through dusty papers and climbs into hidden hide-aways to try to explain a conundrum: why has the city of Oxford produced some of the world's most famous fantasy writers for children?

We have Radio 4 streamed through our PCs at work, so I might see if I can have a listen tomorrow morning.