The wry sadness of nostalgia

In 22 minutes it's May Morning in Oxford, England. Thousands are gathering in the High Street at Magdalen College-

-where the college choir is legging it up to the tower roof to sing two medieval hyms to the coming of summer at 6 am. All the pubs open early, there are Morris Dancers, and in the old quad at Teddy Hall- if you can snag an invite- there's champagne and strawberries with cream.


If you've ever taken part, you get all sentimental now.