William Whyte @william_whyte Twitter profile

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William Whyte

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3 years

And now he’s guarding my door

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William Whyte

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3 years

The final sentence in this letter is perfection.

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William Whyte

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3 years

Look who I just found waiting for a tutorial

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William Whyte

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1 year

Last year, it refused to flower. This year, it’s got a bit carried away.

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William Whyte

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4 years

I initially thought the ⁦ @FT ⁩ was running a series on avant-garde theology

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William Whyte

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4 months

It is one of Oxford’s great trees

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William Whyte

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1 year

A wonderful diary at Winchester College, recording that the smoke from the Great Fire of London could be seen as far away as Oxford

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William Whyte

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10 months

Exceptionally creative to do so in Cambridge

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William Whyte

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3 years

This is, of course, nonsense

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William Whyte

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1 year

Now that’s a ceiling

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William Whyte

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1 year

Just passed the university’s information security course. I do like the certificate.

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William Whyte

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1 year

Now that’s a library

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William Whyte

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1 year

Possibly the best answer to this ⁦ @FT ⁩ question ever

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William Whyte

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2 years

How unutterably thrilling: there are people drinking beer in the Lamb and Flag.

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William Whyte

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8 months

A foggy night in town

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William Whyte

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5 years

Entrance examination for Trinity College Cambridge 1895: history of England

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William Whyte

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11 months

St Giles Fair has arrived

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William Whyte

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11 months

You could write a poem about this

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William Whyte

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5 months

It’s a magical view every spring

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William Whyte

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1 year

And some bonus wisteria

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William Whyte

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1 year

May morning

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William Whyte

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3 years

There’s something very uplifting about the sight of a library

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William Whyte

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3 years

A warning to anyone tempted to build an organ in the chapel

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William Whyte

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6 months

I’ll give them this, they do a good backstreet in Cambridge

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William Whyte

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3 years

If you like pinnacles, you’ll love ⁦ @UniofOxford ⁩

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William Whyte

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2 years

I have been offered chocolate dogs in a meeting. I shall now be insisting on them at all meetings

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William Whyte

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11 months

What joy a Romanesque doorway brings

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William Whyte

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2 years

A brilliant sight — visitors, locals, old lags, and the newly matriculated all queuing for the Lamb and Flag

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William Whyte

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4 years

Empty Oxford: Turl Street today

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William Whyte

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2 years

The Royal College of Organists is everything— and more — that one could wish for

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William Whyte

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1 year

Three college cats sat in Canterbury Quad

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William Whyte

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4 years

Erasmus in Cambridge 1513: “We have been living ... for some months a snail’s life. We shrink and hide ourselves indoors, and are as busy as bees in study. There is a great solitude here, most people away for fear of plague ... I am determined to take flight”

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William Whyte

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3 years

Eton scholarship exam

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William Whyte

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3 years

Fox News: taking a tour of more modern parts of college

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William Whyte

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4 years

Back in college to pick up some books. I do miss my wonderful office.

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William Whyte

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4 years

One of the best signs I’ve encountered recently in an Oxford Church

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William Whyte

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5 years

At the Bodleian Library bookstore in Swindon

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William Whyte

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7 months

Inviting light on a chilly evening

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William Whyte

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3 years

Here’s a curious fact. In 1772 the Senate of the Uppsala university sentenced a student to death. Yes, I am still marking, since you ask.

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William Whyte

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2 years

A Dickensian Holywell Street

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William Whyte

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4 years

Attempts to establish a one way system in Oxford city centre seem to have reached an impasse

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William Whyte

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4 months

We should have more portraits of worms. This is in the great new exhibition ⁦ @AshmoleanMuseum ⁩

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William Whyte

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1 month

Now that’s a view

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William Whyte

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2 years

From today's @oxfordtimes -- the Queen is introduced to Oriel's tortoise.

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William Whyte

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6 months

The finest view for a viva I’ve ever had

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William Whyte

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2 years

Oxford bin

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William Whyte

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3 months

A magical tree at New College

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William Whyte

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3 months

Early evening roses

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William Whyte

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6 months

Possibly the least agreeable image of an infant Christ in Oxford

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William Whyte

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4 years

The @bodleianlibs scan and deliver team should be put in charge of everything -- track and trace, vaccine delivery, the lot. They are miracle workers. I ordered a chapter at 3pm today; by 6pm it was with me. Thanks so much!

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William Whyte

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10 months

I’m always touched by the provision of central heating for Percy Shelley

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William Whyte

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2 years

A little bit of Lutyens

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William Whyte

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2 years

Seriously?

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William Whyte

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1 year

⁦ @KebleOxford ⁩ have done the most beautiful job restoring the Warden’s Lodgings

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William Whyte

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3 months

Wisteria time in college

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William Whyte

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3 years

I love the fact this book on “The Most Beautiful Universities in the World” (New York, 2015) captures the fine range of condiments at Merton

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William Whyte

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4 years

According to the official history of @NewCollegeOx , one Fellow in the 1660s 'refused to get out of bed in the winter'. This is portrayed by the authors as negligence, but now seems entirely sensible.

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William Whyte

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4 years

My younger son just leant over and looked at the document open on the laptop. "Why did you even write this? It's just a waste of time." I may be raising reader 2.

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William Whyte

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1 year

A little bit of Lutyens

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William Whyte

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1 year

East Anglia has the best skies

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William Whyte

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Just the faintest hint of pink in the sky

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William Whyte

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1 year

The books are back

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William Whyte

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2 years

Oxford bus ticket

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William Whyte

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2 years

It was -8 last night

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William Whyte

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3 years

Civil War pamphlets in Lincoln College Library

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William Whyte

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2 months

A glorious morning in Oxford!

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3 years

It is the most glorious day.

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William Whyte

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4 years

Humbled to announce that my cat won won first prize in the school festive Christmas pet photo competition #feelingblessed

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William Whyte

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3 years

Poor old Boswells

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William Whyte

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11 months

The very last days of sunlight fall on Charles I’s coat of arms

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William Whyte

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3 months

We’re gradually losing the house to ivy and wisteria

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William Whyte

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2 years

It transpires that my university's spam filter has directed all communications from the university into the junk mail box.

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William Whyte

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2 years

Always wonderful

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William Whyte

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A glorious morning at Wytham church!

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William Whyte

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How amazing to see the Wilton Diptych ⁦ @AshmoleanMuseum ⁩

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William Whyte

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2 years

Now that’s a ceiling

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William Whyte

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Extraordinary light this evening

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William Whyte

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3 years

Extraordinary sky over Broad Street this evening

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William Whyte

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2 months

The splendid hall of ⁦ @JesusOxford ⁩

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William Whyte

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2 years

Look at this beauty!

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William Whyte

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28 days

Here’s a view I’ve never seen before — from the bridge over New College Lane

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William Whyte

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1 year

One my neighbours in Canterbury Quad enjoying the quiet of the Long Vacation

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William Whyte

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4 years

The sun sets over a flooded Port Meadow

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William Whyte

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4 years

As he was at Westminster, it's more likely he'd be A* A* A* Milne.

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4 years

A.A. Milne has been downgraded to C.D. Milne

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William Whyte

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1 year

Off to the library

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William Whyte

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3 years

More ⁦ @bodleianlibs ⁩ bookstore

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William Whyte

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2 years

Looking out some old photos, I found this one of me, aged 15, doing work experience for Tony Benn. It is unnecessary to observe that I was not a cool teenager.