The Oxford Bar The Oxford Bar The Oxford Bar is a public house situated on Young Street, in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. The pub is chiefly notable for having been featured in Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus series of novels. The Oxford Bar, or The Ox, is John Rebus's favourite pub in Edinburgh. The Oxford Bar apparently became a public house in 1811, although it was a confectioner's shop in 1843. It was disponed on 30 October 1893 to Andrew Wilson, wines and spirits merchant, and thereafter remained a public bar. The Oxford Bar retains its original compartmentalised form, which many other
John Rebus adaptation of "Let It Bleed". Ron Donachie starred as Rebus in BBC Radio 4's dramatizations of "The Falls" (2008), "Resurrection Men" (2008), "Strip Jack" (2010), "The Black Book" (2012), "Black and Blue" (2013) and "Rebus Set in Darkness" (2014). BBC Radio has also broadcast abridged readings of Ian Rankin's "Rebus" novels, including "Let It Bleed" read by Alexander Morton, "Death Is Not the End" read by Douglas Henshall and "Beggar's Banquet" read by James MacPherson. John Rebus Detective Inspector John Rebus is the protagonist in the Inspector Rebus series of detective novels by the Scottish writer Ian Rankin, ten of