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England through an Oxford student’s eyes in wartime notes
A Comanche reader recounts an SMU graduate’s Rhodes Scholarship year in England. He discusses rationing, weather, English conservatism, class structure, home ownership, gardening, and sports culture, with observations on Parliament, royal sentiment, and daily life in Oxford.
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Richard Vann
SMU
Oxford
England
London
Cambridge
Black Watch
Coldstream Guards
Eton
Sandhurst