A sinkhole in Oxford’s Broad Street turns into a Literary Battle

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Broad Street, Oxford
Broad Street, Oxford

When a sinkhole appeared on Oxford’s Broad Street one could have easily expected someone to make a quick picture to share on Instagram or an easy quip on Twitter but the faculties and libraries in Oxford are always a good source of both information and entertainment as well.

It fell to the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford’s Twitter acount to open the game, followed by the English Faculty Library – where one of the Tolkien busts can be visited – and the Philosophy and Theology Faculties.

According to the Oxford Mail the repairs will be finished by tomorrow afternoon; however, let’s hope more Oxford institutions chime in 😉

Enjoy 🙂

The Battle of the Sinkhole
The Battle of the Sinkhole

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Marcel R. Bülles

Marcel R. Bülles is the author of thetolkienist.com, a specialist blog centering on worldwide Tolkien fandom, geekdom and research. He works as a freelance translator, journalist and writer and is the founder of the German Tolkien Society as well as a co-founder to RingCon, Europe's formerly biggest fantasy film convention. You can find him in cafés all over the world sipping an espresso blogging, writing, reading. At one point he was married to an extremely lovely French lady by the nickname of Sauron. Yes, that Sauron. He is also active with the International Tolkien Fellowship on Facebook and the Tolkien Folk on Instagram.