We bought this slim volume in July 2008, after we arrived in Oxford. We enjoyed reading from it as we toured the university and the city. The book describes important writers who attended Oxford's various colleges, important literary places in the city, and includes anecdotes about some of the writers, aphorisms, occasional bits of their writing and lots of photographs. Returning to London on the train, we reviewed and shared more from it; and we continue to refer to it occasionally. The page layout helps readers to digest and segment the substantial amounts of information and photos found on each page.