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This is the Magna Carta. It's one of four owned by the Bodleian Library that have been entrusted to us for over three centuries.

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It's an iconic document for those of us in Western civilisation because it defines the liberties of the individual and curtails the power of.

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These letters, written just over 100 years ago, tell the story of a toad, a weasel and a rock.

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And what they are, in fact, are letters from Kenneth Graham to his son, Alistair.

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Here we have Kenneth Graham racing. Have you heard about the toad?

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He was never taken prisoner by brigands at all. It was all a horrid little trick of his, and on the letters gave each one taking the story forwards.

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Kenneth Graham actually never went to the University of Oxford.

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He did. He wanted to. He became a banker instead and was incredibly successful and in recognition of.

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His love for the university and the borderland in particular,

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he bequeathed to the royalties of the sales of his works to the University of Oxford for the benefit of the Baltimore Library.

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And. After he had died, his widow, Elsbeth, actually gave his license to the podium,

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along with the original manuscript of the story, which can be seen here.

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The Lone Wolf by Kenneth Graham. That was his original title, which of course, later became The Wind in the Willows.

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For one of the most important literary collections.