Alice’s Day is Oxford’s annual celebration of Lewis Carroll’s books. It’s a one day event coordinated by the Story Museum and offers a day full of events inspired by the story. Venues and museums across the city offer Alice-themed events and activities, bringing the book to life and encouraging people of all ages to (re)discover Wonderland. This year’s theme is ‘Time’.

Items on display include: 

• Original sketches by Lewis Carroll, which he drew for “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground”;
• Original wood blocks used for the prints in the book;
• Salvador Dalí’s rarely seen ‘Alice in Wonderland’ illustrations;
• Collections of Alice material from the British Library and Macmillan Publishers;
• Illustrations from contemporary local artists.

The exhibition runs from Saturday 25 May 2019 until Saturday 7 September 2019 at The Atkinson, Southport (UK). For more information, go to https://www.theatkinson.co.uk/events/inspired-by-alice/.

When you read the story closely, Alice will tell you on seperate occasions on which date the story takes place. First, she tells you it is May, later that it is the fourth. So she actually visits Wonderland on her birthday!

Did you know the ‘Mouse’s tail‘ poem was different in the original version of the story? In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the Mouse promises Alice to explain why he dislikes cats and dogs, but doesn’t actually do that. In the original poem we do learn why!

‘One hundred and eighty-seven’ Humpty Dumpty repeated thoughtfully. An uncomfortable sort of age. Now if you’d asked my advice, I’d have said “Leave off at seven” — but it’s too late now.’