Last time, on the feud, Martin came from a fairly ordinary background.

My father got to work with little dogs.

There were a lot of dynamic forces that were passed on from generation to another.

It encourages a kind of sense of entitlement or impunity on the part of those who belong.

It does betray a certain expectation that the Dean would be a certain sort of person.

If you wanted to get rid of the Dean, wouldn't you be in trouble with the King?

Perhaps church were actually appointing somebody that they wanted.

I recall the college sending out some kind of notice to everybody

because it splashed all over the press.

There was perhaps nothing that captures the topsy, turvy world of Oxford quite like Alice in Wonderland.

And so one day recently, I decided to watch the famous 1950s Disney version

for research purposes, you see.

The strange tale of the little girl who goes down the rabbit hole seems to parallel the story.

I'm telling now.

Would you like a little more tea?

Well, I haven't had any yet, so I can't really real take more.

Tea parties, nonsensical arguments, course or off with their heads.

Perhaps it's because Alice in Wonderland was a product of this very same universe.

His author, Louis Carroll, was a Christchurch academic,

and he wrote the book for Alice, who was the daughter of the then Dean of Christchurch.

Something a theme to be troubling you with.

Won't you tell us all about it?

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