Trotter Is that Christopher with his Bodley medal in the photo behind Baillie? At first glance, for an instant, it looked like someone was teaching him how to use a smart phone or tablet, but of course that was something I suspect would never have happened.

Thank you all for the pictures. I wish I could attend in person. It's nice to see Baillie and Catherine McIlwaine again, this time in Oxford. Hope we can have the videos on YT.

DMRoberts wrote:

@Trotter Is that Christopher with his Bodley medal in the photo behind Baillie? At first glance, for an instant, it looked like someone was teaching him how to use a smart phone or tablet, but of course that was something I suspect would never have happened.

Yes it is, it is Richard Ovenden^{https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/people/richard-ovenden[1]} presenting the medal to him. Ballie said that being given the medal meant a huge amount to him, and I'm very grateful to the Bodleian for awarding it to Christopher Tolkien.

Baillie said that Christopher hated computers and needed help with them, so a smart phone would have been a definite no 😄