Self-guided Oxford Walking Tour

Podcast Series 6

On this tour you will visit some of the places where significant events for the Quartet took place between 1938 and the mid-Fifties. You will learn about their lives and their philosophy.

All the locations on this tour, and many more besides, feature in Metaphysical Animals, and can be found on Mapping the Quartet. The walking tour was designed and written by Ana Barandalla and the podcast produced by Amy Ward.

You can download a map of the journey and a full transcript of this podcast series from the buttons on this page.

6.1 Mapping the Quartet: Oxford Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

Episode #1 covers the full journey of our audio walking tour.

6.2 Introduction – Mapping the Quartet: Oxford Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

6.3 Stop A, Bodleian Library – Mapping the Quartet: Oxford Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

6.4 Stop B, 13 King Edward Street – Mapping the Quartet: Oxford Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

6.5 Stop C, 3 Cornmarket Street – Mapping the Quartet: Oxford Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

6.6 Stop D, 17 Broad Street, Oxfam Shop and Collecting Centre – Mapping the Quartet: Oxford Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

6.7 Stop E, Ashmolean Museum – Mapping the Quartet: Oxford Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

6.8 Stop F, Blackfriars – Mapping the Quartet: Oxford Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

6.9 Stop G, 27 St John Street – Mapping the Quartet: Oxford Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

6.10 Stop H, St Aloysius Church – Mapping the Quartet: Oxford Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

6.11 Stop I, Somerville College – Mapping the Quartet: Oxford Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

6.12 Stop J, Royal Oak – Mapping the Quartet: Oxford Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

6.13 Stop K, St Anne’s College (then Society) – Mapping the Quartet: Oxford Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

6.14 Stop L, St Hugh’s College – Mapping the Quartet: Oxford Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

6.15 Stops M, Park Town – Mapping the Quartet: Oxford Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

6.16 Stop N, 2 Bradmore Road – Mapping the Quartet: Oxford Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

6.17 Stop O, Keble College – Mapping the Quartet: Oxford Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

6.18 Closing – Mapping the Quartet: Oxford Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

Explore the podcasts

Series 1: Mary Midgley, ‘Rings and Books’

Series 2: Iris Murdoch on Morality

Series 3: Philippa Foot and Trolley Problems

Series 4: Protesting with Elizabeth Anscombe

Series 5: Conversations: The Quartet, Intersections and Comparisons

Series 6: Mapping the Quartet: Oxford Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

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