It was in his room in Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1875 that Oscar Wilde said, ‘I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china.’ Now, more than 130 years after he left Magdalen, with a double first in classics, the room has been decorated in his memory by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, a Magdalen Fellow.
It was in his room in Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1875 that Oscar Wilde said, ‘I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china.’ Now, more than 130 years after he left Magdalen, with a double first in classics, the room has been decorated in his memory by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, a Magdalen Fellow.
The Oscar Wilde Room (used for parties, meetings and yoga sessions) has been given a gold ceiling, a Persian carpet, 1855-style chairs and elegant lily-shaped lights — not only are there lilies in Magdalen’s coat-of-arms, but Wilde also kept lilies in his celebrated blue china vases.
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