Oxbridge result
Drove in to Oxford to see Charlie and enquire about Spyers in the Trinity [examination]. Found him quite out of the running. His last prose bad, essay childish. It is very provoking to find so little return for one’s pains.

William Wood’s Diary 1855-1861, ed. by Mark Spurrell, is available from Oxfordshire Record Society. These excerpts are presented to give a flavour of life at Radley in the 1850s