Queen Loana

Queen Loana, or the Sunday morning factlet.

A book I have recently been reminded about, having first read it getting on for four years ago, in full: 'The mysterious flame of Queen Loana'. See reference 1. Starting the second reading yesterday evening, I found it quite alarming to find how little of it I had remembered - and at the moment it is more or less as if I am reading it for the first time - but I expect that will wear off if I persist. Rather in the way that, at first, one remembers nothing of the story when watching an episode of Morse for the second or third time, but bits and pieces gradually come back. Quite often one ends up guessing who the villain is, rightly, but without having a clue as to why. All very appropriate as this book is all about the tricks & accidents of memory.

However, all that is beside the point. The major factlet I want to notice is that the 36th college to be founded in Oxford is called Kellogg College in honour of the manufacturer of the well known brand of corn flakes. Progress in that, in the matter of names at least, they have moved on from kings, landed gentry and religious matters. The minor factlet is that the college appears, from its entry in wikipedia, to be the Birkbeck College of the north, catering primarily to adult part timers, many of whom also either row or play rugby. Their boxing team is known as 'The Corn Flakes'.

The connection is the fact that the author of the book was an honorary fellow of the college.

Reference 1: http://pumpkinstrokemarrow.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=loana.