Dr Mark Purcell
@camlibresearch.bsky.social
Director, Research and Collections, Cambridge University Library and CUL Research Institute; Bye-Fellow, Pembroke College; FSA FRHistS; University Deputy Proctor; The Country House Library (Yale, 2017); private views
Yes indeed. A difficult background …
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Yes indeed. A difficult background …
No special insight - but when I moved from Oxford to Cambridge everyone said Cambridge was smaller and it definitely didn’t feel like that.
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
No special insight - but when I moved from Oxford to Cambridge everyone said Cambridge was smaller and it definitely didn’t feel like that.
I’m definitely not going to get into the ins and outs of the two universities but the trad idea of Oxford a city and Cambridge a town is out of date. I’ve now lived in Cambridge for ten years, and Oxford for 25 until 2015. These days to me Cambridge feels slightly busier and more metropolitan.
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I’m definitely not going to get into the ins and outs of the two universities but the trad idea of Oxford a city and Cambridge a town is out of date. I’ve now lived in Cambridge for ten years, and Oxford for 25 until 2015. These days to me Cambridge feels slightly busier and more metropolitan.
