“He's a neurophysiologist and a don at Magdalen College, and I always felt less intelligent being around him.”

“Whatever middle-class donnishness I inherited quickly withered as I became involved in left-wing student and anti-racist politics.”

“His style is a blend of Gaelic eloquence, Harvard donnishness and American stump evangelism.”

“In many ways it seems to hark back to a bygone age, with its wine, cigars and unashamed donnishness.”

“To do this, a position was designed that combines the attractive features of the donship without the features of the floor senior position.”

“But they chose me as a Don, and most naturally, they give me the Donship because of the dancing.”