EINSTEIN IN OXFORD (HB)

Albert Einstein visited Oxford in 1931, to receive an honorary degree and to lecture on relativity and the Universe. He returned to Oxford in 1932 and 1933 as a refugee from Nazi Germany. In many ways, the city appealed deeply and revealed him at his most charismatic, as he participated in its science, music and politics, and wandered its streets alone. His diary entries, alongside observations from the people he met – such as the future novelist William Golding – also reveal his unique sense of humour.