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Works about Chris Oakley

As the main subject:

• Lord Oakley's Secret (August 92); A fictional (unfortunately) account of a day in the Doge's life.
• Oakleymandias (June 88); A biographical piece about Chris "Childe Harold" Oakley.
• Ode to Childe Harold's Day (August 88); A poem written for Chris Oakley's 29th birthday.

Passing reference:

• Boy Hoey's Pilgrimage (June 87); Steve's Oxford career in verse.
• The Brides of Lesbos (June 87); A nautical tale involving the meeting of a crew of Byronic men with Byronic women.
• The Budgie (July 91); Danny's conscience, in budgie form, comes to trouble him while he is sitting in contemplation on the throne.
• The Byronic Bounty (June 89); A postulated description of a sailing trip.
• Byronic Guys (March 87); Some observations on the romantic qualities of various Byronic men.
• The Byronic Spirit (November 87);
• Byronism Regained (December 87); A gargoyle takes Steve from his spread sheets in New York to a Byron Society dinner.
• The Byronist (September 03); Lord Henrey ponders the terrible majesty of the B.S.
• Carib Thoughts from Northern Shores (November 92); An account of Lord Henrey's visit to Martinique.
• Chippingcamdias (January 90); Danny, obviously not "getting it" at the time, vents his frustration in verse.
• Danno, an Oxford Story (Apr 19); More adventures of Danny.
• Editorial for Proc Vol 1 (April 87);
• English Grads and (other) Raunch Purveyors (March 88); Satire on Byron Society creative work.
• The Fantome Fatale of Highgate (January 92); A cautionary tale for those who might be tempted to go for a stroll in Highgate cemetery at night.
• He Walks in Darkness (March 87); An examination of a dark force.
• Hurricane Bonnie (a sea shanty), by Chris Oakley. A storm assails the brave crew of Peg O' My Heart.
• Intro to Proc Vol 1 (April 87);
• Kettell Khan (April 19); Recollections of student life.
• Kingsley Amis: a song of experience (March 89); The society's overlord gives an account of some of his sexual exploits.
• Kome who Khan (June 88); A lament for the lack of interest in society debauches.
• Lord Henrey's Last Voyage (prose), by Chris Oakley. Lord Henrey's first and last self-sacrificing act.
• Macbreath (April 87);
• A Midsummer Night's Memory (June 88); Childe Harold's herald disturbs a Byronic idyll.
• More Joy of Poetry (January 91); A spontaneous outburst of pure poetical enjoyment.
• The Newstead Games (January 91); An account of games at Newstead Abbey, hosted by Lord Byron.
• The Night Visitor (January 92); Lord Byron visits to express his approval of the few Byronists who bothered to turn up to the weekend in Castle Combe.
• Ode on the occasion of Lord Steven's 30th anniversaire (March 93); A brief, and not unflattering account of Steve Hoey's life so far.
• Ode to the Byronic life (March 89); An expression of the Byronic spirit, using B.S. members as examples.
• Ode to the Dark Side (April 89); A variant on "Ode to the Byronic life" with a darker tone.
• The Rime of the Ancient College Scout (April 12); A college servant recollects.
• The Rime of the Ancient Sheep Molestor (June 88); A somewhat exaggerated account of a sailing weekend in July 1987.
• The Rime of the Moderne Musick Master (October 95); A somewhat souped-up description of Steve Hoey's visit to play at a wedding in Scotland while studying composition at California Institute of Arts.
• Robin's Way (July 91); A coach containing Byronists is ambushed by Robin Hood.
• Rockhead Revisited (May 92); An excerpt which all should acknowledge, is definitely not ripped off from 'Brideshead Revisited'.
• The Sating of a Satyr (June 89); A hymn to pure love. Have a sick bag ready before you start reading.
• So we'll go no more a Ewe-ing (June 89); A tragic elegy to the love that dare not bleat its name.
• The Spy Who Came To Dinner (March 89);
• The Spy Witch Loved Me (March 89); A sultry seductive sensual siren seeks to assassinate Steve.
• Steve's Obituary (August 94);
• The Temptation of Faustus (March 88); A fantasy in which Faustus is shown the lifestyles of various Byronists as part of his temptation.
• To Burgundy (June 96); A hymn to Bacchus.
• To Evening (June 89); A charming (if somewhat abusive) idyll, based on Matthew Arnold.
• To His Blank Laptop (September 03); Thoughts on confronting a blank PC screen.
• Trinity Bards and Oxford Reviewers (June 85); A lament for the lack of virginal purity amongst Byron Society lags.
• The Vision of Enjoyment (March 87); A supposed vision involving other B.S. members doing various disreputable things.
• The Waltz for Harp and Spoon (April 12); Steve discovers an admirer in a windsurfing instructor.
• We live in dark days (February 87); Preamble with invitation for March 1987 dinner.
• Zelda in Zurich (September 03); A poetry-loving zebra seeks enlightenment from the overlord.

Autobiographical:

• Childe Harold's Further Pilgrimage (July 91); An account of a visit to the U.S. with the Shamen in June 1991.
• The Rime of the Ancient Reggae Man (October 01); A description of a sailing trip in the Carribean.