Show Notes
In this epic feature-length James-fest, Mike and Will conclude their coverage of ‘Eton and King’s’, M.R. James’s memoir of a life spent in two of the UK’s most celebrated educational institutions.
This part covers M.R. James’s time as an undergraduate, Fellow, Dean and Provost at King’s College, his somewhat unhappy stint as Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, and his final return to Eton as Provost.
Our reader for this episode was Peter Ross, thanks pa!
Image is M.R. James in Westmorland, in 1903 (aged about 40).
Show notes:
Oscar Browning (wikipedia)
Henry Bradshaw (wikipedia)
Fitzwilliam Museum (wikipedia)
King’s College, Cambridge (kings.cam.ac.uk)
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