Hello, Everybody! I am writing this article from a cozy Airbnb in Oxford. Yes, the University Oxford! I was early this day walking around the town. I stopped and ate at Lamb and Flag. The Lamb was a frequented pub of the Inklings. It looks nice on outside and there is even an Elvish sign above the entrance. Also, around the back of the pub is an ancient looking path and an even older looking tree, but there in the path stands a lamppost…a Narnian lamppost perhaps.

The Elvish Sign

The Lamppost

Upon entering, I found the building to be larger than I expected. I then notice the Tudor style rooms inside. Then I found a nice side room. I think it was the Inkling room. Why did I come to that assumption you may ask? Because there were two pictures adorning the wall. One was a photograph of the renowned J.R.R. Tolkien and his wife. The second an illustration of the famed C.S. Lewis.

Tolkien Photograph

Lewis illustration

For a drink I had a decent Ginger Beer. For food, they do not sell warm food, so I had a cheese and ham croissant and a sausage roll.

Me and My Ginger Beer

The Eagle and Child was closed, which was a disappointment, but it was still fun to see such an iconic and influential pub in the lives of Tolkien and Lewis and all the other Inklings!

-A.L.Spears