Description
Presents how the author went to Oxford University to read Philosophy, Politics and Economics as the oldest undergraduate ever to be admitted - with considerable press and media coverage and good-natured amusement among family and friends.
About the Author
Prior to his retirement, the Honourable Sir Oliver Popplewell was a distinguished High Court judge for nearly twenty years and was involved in a number of celebrated cases over the course of his long career. He subsequently returned to university to take a degree in PPE at Harris Manchester College as Oxford's oldest undergraduate. His previous book, Benchmark: Life, Laughter and the Law, a memoir of his experiences as a judge. is also published by I.B.Tauris.
Reviews
"'Combining the hectic and amusingly far from glamorous life of chaperone to a movie star grand-daughter with that of Oxford fresher, our spry hero chronicles his life with an irresistible blend of shrewd observation, puzzled innocence, self-deprecating candour and comic resignation...Having known Oliver all my life I can only say that when I grow up I would like to be just like him.' Stephen Fry"
Book Information
ISBN 9781845117818
Author Oliver Popplewell
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint I.B. Tauris
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC