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Randolph Hotel, Oxford

The Randolph Hotel, also known as The Randolph Hotel by Graduate Hotels, is a 5-star hotel in Oxford, England, on the south side of Beaumont Street, at the corner with Magdalen Street, opposite the Ashmolean Museum and close to the Oxford Playhouse. The hotel building is in the Victorian Gothic style. The hotel featured in the Inspector Morse television series several times, in particular the episode "The Wolvercote Tongue". The cast stayed at the hotel during filming in 1987 and there is now a Morse Bar. It was also in the follow-up series Lewis. History Construction of the Randolph Hotel began in 1864, to a design by William Wilkinson, an architect who also designed many houses in North Oxford. There was debate about the building's design. John Ruskin favoured Gothic Revival like the nearby Martyrs' Memorial. The City Council wanted a classical style since the rest the buildings in Beaumont Street were early 19th century Regency. A compromise was attained with a simplified Gothic façade, similar to the Oxford University Museum and the Oxford Union buildings, but in brick. The hotel was named not after Lord Randolph Churchill, who was connected with Blenheim Palace to the north of Oxford, but after Dr Francis Randolph, an eighteenth century university benefactor. The university or Randolph Galleries (now part of the Ashmolean Museum) were built as a result of a thousand-pound gift left by Dr Randolph, a former Principal of St Alban Hall (now part of Merton College), who died in 1796. The hotel was opened in 1866. Major refurbishments of the hotel were undertaken in 1952, 1978, 1988 and 2000. During the 1952 renovations, an extension was added to the west, designed by J. Hopgood. On 17 April 2015, the Randolph Hotel had a "significant fire" (declared by the Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service). The fire was confirmed to have started in the kitchens on the ground floor. It spread through building voids, eventually reaching the roof. The emergency services were called at 16:46 and came at about 16:52. There were no casualties, and the Oxfordshire Fire Service praised the hotel for its "quick evacuation processes." The fire ended around 20:00. It was caused by the cooking of flambéed beef in the kitchen. The Randolph Hotel was acquired in 2019 by the American chain Graduate Hotels. References External links Hotel Website
Randolph Hotel, Oxford

The Randolph Hotel är ett femstjärnigt lyxhotell i Oxford i England, beläget i korsningen Beaumont Street/Magdalen Street, mitt emot Ashmolean Museum. Byggnaden ritades i nygotik av William Wilkinson och öppnade för hotellgäster 1866. Byggnaden är bland annat känd från TV-serierna Kommissarie Morse och Kommissarie Lewis, där den flera gånger använts som inspelningsplats. Historia Byggnaden började uppföras 1864 efter ritningar av William Wilkinson, en Oxfordarkitekt som även ritat många bostäder i de norra delarna av Oxford.. Byggnaden blev med sitt framträdande läge föremål för en arkitekturdebatt, där konstprofessorn John Ruskin förordade en nygotisk design i likhet med Martyrs' Memorial tvärs över gatan. Oxfords stadsfullmäktige förordade istället en mer nyklassicistisk arkitektur då många byggnader vid Beaumont Street uppförts i denna regencystil under tidigt 1800-tal. Som en kompromiss valdes en förenklad gotisk fasad i likhet med Oxford University Museum of Natural History, men i tegel. Byggnaden är uppkallad efter doktor Francis Randolph, en av universitets bidragsgivare under 1700-talet, som 1796 i sitt testamente donerat tusen pund till uppförandet av Randolphgallerierna som idag är del av Ashmolean Museums lokaler. Randolph var rektor för St Alban Hall, idag en del av Merton College. Hotellet öppnade sin verksamhet 1866. Större renoveringsarbeten genomfördes 1952, 1978, 1988 och 2000. I samband med ombyggnaden 1952 tillkom annexbyggnaden i väster, ritad av J. Hopgood. I april 2015 drabbades hotellet av en brand, orsakad av tillagning av flamberad biff i köket. Branden spred sig genom invändiga hålrum upp till taket, men kunde släckas några timmar senare. Hotellgästerna kunde evakueras utan några skadade. År 2019 köptes hotellet av den amerikanska Graduate Hotels-kedjan. Referenser
A Géppuskás Hadtest emlékműve

A Géppuskás Hadtest emlékműve (Machine Gun Memory) Londonban áll, és azoknak a brit géppuskásoknak állít emléket, akik az első világháborúban haltak hősi halált. Az alkotást, amely a Királyi Tüzérség első világháborús emlékműve közelében kapott helyet, 1925-ben leplezték le. Története A brit Géppuskás Hadosztályt 1915-ben hívták életre, majd 1922-ben oszlatták fel. Az öngyilkosok klubjaként is emlegetett egységben 170 ezer ember szolgált, közülük 13 791-en estek el. További 48 258-an sebesültek meg, tűntek el vagy estek hadifogságba. Az emlékművet Francis Derwent Wood tervezte. A kőtalapzat két oldalán egy-egy koszorúkkal ékesített, bronzból öntött Vickers-géppuska áll. A középső pilonon a meztelen Dávid látható, kezében a legyőzött Góliát kardjával. Alatta, utalásként a géppuska pusztító hatékonyságára, idézet Sámuel 1. könyvéből (18ː7) „Megölt Saul ezer embert, Dávid meg tízezer embert!” A szobrászt számos kritika érte a motívumválasztás miatt. Wood feltehetően a gyilkolás technológiájával állította szembe a sebezhető, meztelen emberi testet. A szobrász ugyanis első kézből tapasztalhatta meg, hogy milyen pusztító hatással van az emberi testre a modern hadviselés, mivel a háború alatt arcprotéziseket készített sebesült katonáknak. A Géppuskás Hadtest emlékműve eredetileg a Grosvenor térhez közel állt, de 1945-ben útépítési munkák miatt elbontották. Mai helyén 1963-ban állították fel. Jegyzetek Források ↑ English Heritage: Steven Brindle. Six London WW1 Memorials. English Heritage. Hozzáférés: 2021. december 2.. ↑ London Remembers: Machine Gun Corps Memorial. London Remembers. Hozzáférés: 2021. november 29..
Macmillan Academy

Macmillan Academy is an academy in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. The school was founded in 1989 as the Macmillan City Technology College, one of the first of 15 City Technology Colleges established in England. Its initial sponsors were the Macmillan Trust, a charity run by Macmillan Publishers, The school converted to academy status in 2006. An Ofsted inspection in 2007 rated the school as outstanding. As of 2020, its most recent full inspection was in 2013, when it was judged Good. History The school opened in 1989 as Macmillan City Technology College along with the current buildings (now English and Mathematics). It later became Macmillan College. The current reception and dining hall were opened in the early 2000s and the school converted to academy status in 2006, along with a new building housing Science, Music and Physical Education. Notable alumni Steph McGovern – TV presenter Jacob Young – former Conservative MP for Redcar Sam Gowland – TV personality Lewis Boyce – Rugby union player References
Madani Schools Federation

Madani Schools Federation is a Muslim secondary school in Leicester, England. Based in the Evington neighbourhood, Madani Schools Federation caters for the city's Muslim population, with 450 places for boys and girls each. The building itself, designed by Leicester firm Pick Everard with an Islamic design including an Arabic-style courtyard. There is also an associated community centre and madrassa. The school has also won architectural awards including the Community Benefit award in the regional finals of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors awards in May 2008 and competed in the international finals in the autumn. It is the first state funded Muslim school in the East-Midlands, as 90% of the £18m came from the government, with the Muslim community in Leicester raising the rest. The school has received much press attention as a Muslim secondary school where it is held up as a model for faith schools. Concerns and criticism There has been controversy when it was announced that non-Muslim girls would be required to wear the hijab. The school was criticised after backtracking on an earlier commitments that it would take 10% of its intake from a non-Muslim background. The Headteacher now states that this will only happen once demand from the Muslim community is met. This is in part because in its first year the school received no applications from non-Muslim families. The school's strict gender segregation policies have also been criticised. The school is divided into two separate wings, one for boys and the other for girls, connected by a central foyer. References External links Madani Schools Federation Official Site Profile of Madani Schools Federation Faith in the system from the Department for Children, Schools and Families Darshna, Soni. "Divided by faith: inside the segregated Madani schools" (Archive). Channel 4. Saturday 12 April 2014.
Madeley High School

Madeley High School, established 1957, is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in the village of Madeley, Staffordshire, England. The school was founded as a secondary modern school. It became a comprehensive high school and then a Specialist Technology College with joint second specialisms in Arts and Cognition and Learning, before converting to academy status in September 2013. The school is now sponsored by the Shaw Education Trust. Madeley School caters to children in the 11-16 age group. It serves mainly the area lying to the west of Newcastle Under Lyme including the communities of Keele, Madeley, Betley, Baldwins Gate, Maer, Aston, Mucklestone, Ashley, Ashley Heath, Knighton, Whitmore, Wrinehill, Almington, Hanchurch, Onneley and Loggerheads and Westlands. Notable former pupils Anthony Bale, medievalist Peter Bebb, special effects artist Bradley James, actor Francesca Mills, actor Louis Moult, Striker for Preston North End F.C. Nathan Smith, Defender for Port Vale F.C. References External links Official website
Madley Communications Centre

Madley Communications Centre is BT Group's earth satellite tracking station, between Madley and Kingstone, Herefordshire, England. Earth position It lies on Coldstone Common at grid reference SO424374. The site dates from 1975 and is in active use for international telephone, fax and television transmission and reception. The station is in the civil parish of Kingstone, although most of the former airfield is in Madley, to the west of the site. The Roman road running south from Kenchester passes close to the north of the site. Geology of the area The site is in a sheltered rock bowl between the Malvern Hills and the Black Mountains. This allowed the ground to take the weight of the large receiving dishes, but the most important fact was the lack of background electronic noise. What nearby electronic noise there was is said to compare to the strength of heat felt on the Moon from an electric fireplace on Earth. History The site first went into service in September 1978 on the site of the disused World War II airfield RAF Madley, built in 1940. Structures There are over 65 dishes, the smallest being 90 centimetres (35 in) with the three main dishes each having a diameter of 32 metres (105 ft) and weighing 290 tonnes. Madley 1, the first of the dishes, tracks a satellite about 22,236 miles (35,785 km) away, positioned over the Equator in geostationary orbit. The site covers a range from 66 degrees east to 314 degrees east, covering two thirds of the planet. Transmissions Madley was the first UK satellite site to transmit a fully digital transmission via time division multiple access (TDMA). Until its closure in 2008, Goonhilly in Cornwall provided a similar role. Other use of grounds The grounds are leased as an educational nature reserve, Madley Environmental Study Centre. References External links BT VSAT Services Madley Environmental Study Centre Calling Hereford Radio 4 September 2009 30th anniversary in September 1978 30th anniversary Photo of station Photo of site
Maenporth

Maenporth (Cornish: Meynporth, meaning stones cove) is a cove and beach in west Cornwall, England. It is situated approximately two miles (3 km) south-southwest of Falmouth on the estuary of the River Fal. Maenporth cove faces east across Falmouth Bay with views towards Pendennis Castle and the lighthouse on St Anthony Head. The South West Coast Path runs through Maenporth. Behind the cove, wetland supports varied birdlife including the grey heron and the little egret. The beach shelves gently and at low water leaves an area of shallow water that is safe for swimming. The beach has facilities for launching boats, scuba diving and sea kayaking. Other facilities include car parking, a cafe and public toilets. On the hill above the beach is modern holiday accommodation in the Maenporth Estate. Neighbouring beaches include Swanpool and Gyllyngvase. History The beach head has been built up by easterly winds, and covers a previous natural harbour and human activity. The heritage environment record indicates a forest terrain beneath the sandy beach. A total of seven Bronze age tumuli in the area have been identified by aerial surveys, suggesting a significant settlement and trading base in the middle to late Bronze age. Well sheltered for vessels against westerly winds, and probably navigable in the two flooded valleys above the beach head, the likely trading commodity was tin, brought overland from the west. Sand obstructs the harbour entrance, thought to be on the south end of the inlet, where a more recent stone quay is now obscured by blown sand. A trackway of this period routes west, past the creeks and riverhead of Helford, towards Helston and Penzance. In the early 20th century, there was a chemical works based here. On the night of 30 December 1978, the Scottish trawler Ben Asdale was wrecked off Maenporth in a heavy easterly gale, on the north escarpment, adjacent to a rock called the Devil's Eye. The latter is now eroded, but once had a hole in the shalestone rocks. Substantial remains of the trawler are still visible. References
Maesbury Castle

Maesbury Castle is an Iron Age hill fort within the parish of Croscombe on the Mendip Hills, just north of Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England. It has been listed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The name is derived from maes, meaning field or plain in Brythonic Welsh, and burh, meaning fort in Old English. There is also a record of the name Merksburi in 705 AD, meaning boundary fort. The area was a boundary between the Romano-British Celts and West Saxons during the period 577-652 AD, when the nearby Wansdyke fortification comprised part of the border. The enclosure has an area of 2.5 hectares (6.2 acres), and lies at a height of 292 m (950 ft), with views in many directions. This includes the Somerset Levels to Glastonbury Tor and Brent Knoll which are the closest and probably the most easily identifiable landmarks from the site. The fort has a single rampart up to 6 m high, with an outer ditch (univallate). Entrances are to the south-east and north-east (with possible outworks). The Fort and surrounding grounds are now owned by the Stevens' family who have been farming in Somerset for over 60 years. Background Hill forts developed in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age, roughly the start of the first millennium BC. The reason for their emergence in Britain, and their purpose, has been a subject of debate. It has been argued that they could have been military sites constructed in response to invasion from continental Europe, sites built by invaders, or a military reaction to social tensions caused by an increasing population and consequent pressure on agriculture. The dominant view since the 1960s has been that the increasing use of iron led to social changes in Britain. Deposits of iron ore were located in different places to the tin and copper ore necessary to make bronze, and as a result trading patterns shifted and the old elites lost their economic and social status. Power passed into the hands of a new group of people. Archaeologist Barry Cunliffe believes that population increase still played a role and has stated "[the forts] provided defensive possibilities for the community at those times when the stress [of an increasing population] burst out into open warfare. But I wouldn't see them as having been built because there was a state of war. They would be functional as defensive strongholds when there were tensions and undoubtedly some of them were attacked and destroyed, but this was not the only, or even the most significant, factor in their construction." The site rises to 292 metres (958 ft) above sea level and enables a view over the surrounding valleys and hills. The hill has not eroded as fast as the surrounding limestone as it is made of Old Red Sandstone deposited in the Devonian period approximately 400 million years ago. See also Maes Knoll, 20 km to the north. List of hill forts in England List of hill forts and ancient settlements in Somerset References Further reading A Field Guide to Somerset Archaeology, L.Adkins & R.Adkins (1992) ISBN 0-946159-94-7 The Victoria History of the County of Somerset, Vol. 1 (1906)
Magazine Gateway (Leicester)

Magazine Gateway – zabytkowy budynek zbudowany w 1410 r. służący jako brama wjazdowa do Newark oraz zamku Leicester. Budynek położony w centrum miasta przy ulicy Waughan Way, Oxford Street przy drodze krajowej A 594 w Anglii. Nazwa budynku wzięła się od składu amunicji, gdzie była przechowywana podczas angielskiej wojny domowej. Obok budynku znajduje się Uniwersytet De Montfort oraz Newarke Houses Museum & Gardens. Linki zewnętrzne Galeria magazynu Gateway Przypisy
Magdalen College School, Brackley

Magdalen College School, Brackley, in Northamptonshire, is one of three ancient "Magdalen College Schools", the others being Magdalen College School in Oxford, and Wainfleet All Saints in Lincolnshire, all associated with Magdalen College, Oxford and its founder William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester. Located in the town of Brackley, the school occupies two sites: Waynflete site and St John's site (see history section). The Waynflete site was formerly a secondary modern school. This site accommodates most of the secondary school students' lessons, after which students transfer to the St John's site (the site of the old Magdalen College School before the two schools were merged) for more of their lessons during the sixth form. Today the school has approximately 1,500 pupils. Previously a boys' grammar school, then a voluntary controlled comprehensive school, it converted to academy status in January 2013. The St John's site is still owned by Magdalen College, Oxford, and they are represented on the governing body, but Magdalen (Brackley) had to lease the site from the Oxford college to become an academy. History The site now occupied by the school was originally the Hospital of St. James and St. John, founded around 1150 by Robert le Bossu, Earl of Leicester. In 1484 it was given to Magdalen College, Oxford. By 1548 there was a school at the site. In September 1973 MCS merged with the girls' grammar school (Brackley High) and Brackley Secondary Modern School to form a new comprehensive school on two sites, while the girls' school was converted into the new Southfield Primary school. This school has approximately 1500 students. In the summer of 2025 the school was judged by Ofsted as inadequate and in need of special measures. Chapel Formerly a chapel for the hospital of St. James and St. John, the earliest datable parts are late-12th century, although many parts are 13th century. The chapel underwent a major restoration between 1869 and 1870 by Buckeridge. It is constructed of stone rubble and is one of the largest school chapels, and the oldest school chapel still in use in England. It remains in regular use by the school, Church of England and local community. Notable alumni Meyrick Chapman, 1908 Olympic athlete (100m) Sir John Coles, diplomat and civil servant Michael Dudley, circuit judge Robin Dunbar, evolutionary psychologist Michael Ipgrave, Anglican bishop Allan Leighton, businessman References External links School official Site Alumni and Old Brackleians Society Chapel history and photographsArchived 6 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Magdalen Tower

Magdalen Tower, completed in 1509, is a bell tower that forms part of Magdalen College, Oxford. It is a central focus for the celebrations in Oxford on May Morning. History Magdalen Tower is one of the oldest parts of Magdalen College, Oxford, situated directly on the High Street. Built of stone from 1492, when the foundation stone was laid by Dr Richard Mayew, the College President, on 9 August. The tower's bells hung ready for use in 1505, and it was completed by 1509. The tower is a prominent element of the historic central Oxford skyline. At 144 feet (44 m) high, it is the tallest building in Oxford. It dominates the eastern entrance to the city, towering over Magdalen Bridge and with good views from the Botanic Garden opposite. The tower, joined to the south range of college buildings, is built in four storeys of unequal height. Octagonal turrets encase the corners; the slightly larger northwest turret encloses the spiral stair, lit by slit windows. The basement is windowless; the second and third stages have small windows in three sides; the fourth, principal storey is loftier, with a double window on each face divided by a buttress rising through the panelled frieze and mock battlements, where it is surmounted by a figure in a niche crowned by a pinnacle slightly smaller than the four pinnacles that crown the corners. The tower contains a peal of ten bells hung for English change ringing. They were cast at a number of different foundries and the heaviest, weighing 17 cwt, was cast in 1623. The bells are rung on many occasions during the year by the Oxford Society of Change Ringers at the invitation of the college. Such occasions include significant royal and college anniversaries, and after some services in the College Chapel. The bells received their last major overhaul in 2012, being returned to the tower in March of that year. Extensive restoration to the stone facing of the tower was undertaken during 1976 to 1981, since pollution had badly degraded the stonework. Members of Magdalen College can procure the 10" iron key to the door at its base from the porter's lodge. May Morning Every 1st May, at 6am, the choir of the college (including boy choristers from nearby Magdalen College School) sings two traditional hymns – the Hymnus Eucharisticus and "Now Is the Month of Maying" – to start the May Morning celebrations in Oxford. Large crowds gather in the High Street and on Magdalen Bridge below to listen, before dispersing for other activities such as Morris Dancing. The ceremony is the subject of William Holman Hunt's 1890 Pre-Raphaelite painting May Morning on Magdalen Tower. on display at the Lady Lever Art Gallery in Liverpool. In literature In the novel Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang, Magdalen Tower collapses in an alternate history of the 19th Century. See also Founders Tower, Magdalen College Tom Tower at Christ Church, Oxford References Bibliography Jennifer Sherwood and Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. ISBN 0-14-071045-0. External links Magdalen Tower and the Hymnus Eucharisticus Oxford's May Morning from the BBC, 2003