Random fact: Vikram Seth, in A Suitable Boy, writes about "prints of Oxford colleges" on the walls of the fictional Subzipore Club, and he particularly notes that one has a sundial with a pelican on the top of it. This is Corpus Christi - and which college did Seth himself go to? Corpus Christi.

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Fun read, recommended.

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Every UK town whose name ends in -wick/-wyck/-wich refers to a nearby moving body of water leaving salt crusts behind on its banks.

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So good, both ways. In this case, I'm drawn to the watercolor version

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Lovely. Weirdly, despite having been to Venice numerous times, still haven’t visited the Chiesa di San Moisè. Next time..

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