Elegy …

… Alice’s Oxford | Peter Hitchens | First Things. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

The new Oxford, with its fair share of Starbucks and burger joints, is far more convenient and easily negotiated than the old—though the flood of tourism means the college buildings are now mostly barred by day, or open only to those who wish to pay. If they were not, it would be impossible for anyone to do any work in them.