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The "Bird and Baby" grows up: inside the new Eagle and Child
What do you get when the world’s third richest man buys Tolkien’s local? Oxford is about to find out. The Eagle & Child is Oxford’s most storied inn. It was here that the Inklings met every Tuesday lunchtime – a writing group including J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S.
EIT has been set up to “accelerate innovation” in four areas: health and medical science, food security and sustainable agriculture, climate change and clean energy, and government in the age of Artificial Intelligence. The work set out in the planning documents, though substantial and costly, may only be noticed by the eagle-eyed: fixing substandard roofing and window frames, reintroducing historic mortars, refinishing stonework. In summertime the rear garden could provide additional seating, while the artists’ impressions valiantly try to make a winter’s day on St Giles look appealing (tourist coaches not shown).
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