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.
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.
These letters, written just over 100 years ago, tell the story of a toad, a weasel and a rock.
And what they are, in fact, are letters from Kenneth Graham to his son, Alistair.
Here we have Kenneth Graham racing. Have you heard about the toad?
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.
Kenneth Graham actually never went to the University of Oxford.
He did. He wanted to. He became a banker instead and was incredibly successful and in recognition of.
His love for the university and the borderland in particular,
he bequeathed to the royalties of the sales of his works to the University of Oxford for the benefit of the Baltimore Library.
And. After he had died, his widow, Elsbeth, actually gave his license to the podium,
along with the original manuscript of the story, which can be seen here.
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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