University of Oxford Botanic Garden Middle-earth. In the Evelyn Waugh novel "Brideshead Revisited", Lord Sebastian Flyte takes Charles Ryder "to see the ivy" soon after they first meet. As he says, "Oh, Charles, what a lot you have to learn! There's a beautiful arch there and more different kinds of ivy than I knew existed. I don't know where I should be without the Botanical gardens" (Chapter One). In Philip Pullman's trilogy of novels "His Dark Materials", a bench in the back of the garden is one of the locations/objects that stand parallel in the two different worlds that the protagonists, Lyra Belacqua and Will
Flyte (band) producer Burke Reid on their debut album. Focusing on their live performances and the band's four voices around one microphone, they took their production cues from David Bowie, Nick Drake, The Beatles and Lou Reed. The album "The Loved Ones" was released on 25 August 2017. Flyte have toured the UK and Europe extensively and supported the likes of The Lemon Twigs and Bombay Bicycle Club. They have also performed at Jamie Oliver and Alex James' 'The Big Feastival' in 2015. They have also performed at Boardmasters 2018 in Cornwall after having toured in the US. Flyte (band) Flyte are