jadesfire

Dear ITV,

Lewis is not a patch on Morse, I'm afraid, although it's a harmless way to spend a couple of hours. The other half and I greatly enjoyed location spotting and were impressed with how the characters could walk into one building and suddenly appear somewhere completely different. We also loved loved loved seeing our college on the screen looking all pretty (the one with the pelican sundial and all the scaffolding).

However. Why on earth were the students wearing gowns to their classes? I can forgive you for giving Oxford a college of art (although what was wrong with the Ruskin school? the building's much prettier than the shiny glass building you filmed in). I can forgive you for the Bodleian lady's horrible badge (they have nice little blue ones that bear a closer resemblance to John Lewis staff lapel pins than huge plastic badges like you see conference goers wearing).

But as far as I know, no Oxford student has to wear a gown to their class, and certainly not over street clothes. That's just plain wrong. Oxford may be more or less stuck in the Middle Ages for some things but this is not one of them. Please try to do better next time.

Otherwise, Oxford looked very pretty, so thank you for that. Location spotting is my new official hobby.

Thanks
Me.

( Except I'm not quite done yet. )