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Friday, February 11, 2022

Hobson's Brook, Cambridge

 Hobson’s Brook, Cambridge

 

 

Snobbish rivalry between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge has, over the centuries, produced a collection of mutual put-downs, some nasty, a few witty. The general gist is: Oxford is a Midlands industrial town with some colleges attached; Cambridge is a dank bit of flat fenland with some colleges attached.