Oxford academics slam plans for Bodleian as a 'tourist trap'
A bitter row is brewing in the otherwise genteel quads of Oxford University. A group of distinguished Oxford academics, including architectural historians and archaeological experts, has risen up in outrage against the university's own plans to turn its historic Old Bodleian Library into a 'tourist attraction' and massively increase the number of paying visitors coming through its doors.
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