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Zusatztext ' .....[Ben le Vay] is clearly a man worth spending time in the company of. And it's reassuring to know that, in an age of identikit 'anytowns', Cambridge remains defiantly different - and just a little bit bonkers.'Cambridgeshire Journal'These delightful guide books are perfect for anyone with an interest in England's most famous university cities.'Good Book Guide'Ben le Vay throws up a host of titillating tales in Eccentric Cambridge: A Practical Guide.'This England Informationen zum Autor Benedict le Vay is a features editor on a leading British newspaper. He spends his spare time researching zany facts about the British and their way of life. He is also the author of Bradt's Eccentric London and Britain from the Rails. Klappentext Ben Le Vay's Eccentric Cambridge - Holiday tips and travel information including quirky Cambridge highlights, unusual historical sites, walks and amusing activities. This guide also features art and architecture, hidden secrets and outrageous stories about the university and its people, Grantchester, colleges and churches, boat races and punting. Vorwort . Hardback format makes this an ideal gift book. The quirkest pubs and wackiest museums. The colleges: what they don't want you to know . How to punt without looking a prat. The nuts and bolts - how to get there, where to stay, when to go. Weird and wonderful walking tours - with maps Zusammenfassung Ben Le Vay's Eccentric Cambridge - Holiday tips and travel information including quirky Cambridge highlights, unusual historical sites, walks and amusing activities. This guide also features art and architecture, hidden secrets and outrageous stories about the university and its people, Grantchester, colleges and churches, boat races and punting. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction vii1 The Eccentric Year 1January 1, February 2, March 3, Easter 4, May 4,June 5, July 7, September 8, October 9, December 112 Eccentric History 13Cambridge: history and mystery 13, Grantchesterpedigree, or just swamp dwellers? 14, Danish pasting16, A sick wife and the infancy of academia 17, !edefiled virgin and the patron saint of laundry 19,Town versus gown: the early day 20, Two nationsunited - by a common dislike 21, !e stinking ditchdefence 23, A pukkah university - in time for theBlack Death 24, !e flames of Reformation 27,Progress and puritanism 30, !e scholars and theproctors: discipline 32, Civil war, greed, sloth anddecadence 32, A growing town and the coming of therailways 34, From the flimsy first aircraft to SiliconFen 373 Eccentric Legends 41!e Chariots of Fire and the four-minute mile 41,Rupert Brooke: golden poet of a golden age? 44,One man's obsessive quest to kill an emperor 51,Cambridge's sword boat 554 Eccentric People 57Snowy Farr 57, Richard Collius 58, Charlie Cavey 60,Kim de la Taste Tickell 61, !omas Hobson 62,Henry Fawcett (mail role model) 64, Syd Barrett 65,AA Milne 66, William Donaldson (AKA HenryRoot) 68, William Horace de Vere Cole 72,Christopher Cockerell 76, Jeffrey Archer 775 Eccentric Colleges 79Christ's 79, Churchill 83, Clare 84, Clare Hall 88,Corpus Christi 88, Darwin 90, Downing 91,Emmanuel 94, Fitzwilliam 95, Girton 96, Gonvilleand Caius 96, Homerton 102, Hughes Hall 102,Jesus 102, King's 108, Lucy Cavendish 110,Magdalene 111, Murray Edwards 114, New Hall116, Newnham 116, Pembroke 122, Peterhouse 124,Queens' 127, Ridley Hall 131, Robinson 132,St Catharine's 134, St Edmund's 135, St John's 135,Selwyn 137, Sidney Sussex 138, Trinity 141, TrinityHall 150, Wolfson 1546 Eccentric Churches 155King's Chapel: a miracle of masonry 155, Great StMary's 165, Other eccentric churches 169, Otherdead eccentrics 1757 Eccentric Things to See or Do 177Cambridge's eccentric museums 177, Punting 1878 8 Eccentric Walks 197A walk on the mild side: the best of the city 197,!e walk around Cambridges' crown jewels 199,A stroll up Ki...
