Contents 
Illustration Acknowledgements Vlll 
Foreword IX 
ONE Hierarchy and Rank: the Social Structure 1
TWO Arriving and Settling in 16 
THREE Eating: Undergraduates in Hail and Out 26 
FOUR Eating: the Dons on the Dais 39 
FIVE The Society of the Senior Common Room 49 
Six Drinking and Riot 61
SEVEN Women and Love 75 
EIGHT Walking and Sauntering 91 
NINE Sports and Pastimes 107 
TEN The Theatre and Music 130 
ELEVEN The Theatre of the Streets 144
Envoy 158 
Notes 160 
Bibliography 173 
Index 178