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nginx/1.14.0 (Ubuntu) Even if your experience of the English climate is merely cursory, you can appreciate that the onset of warmer weather is a cause for delirious rejoicing. May Day (the term does not, in this case, refer to anti-globalization riots but to May 1) is when the celebrations take place, and no English city embarks on them with more style than Oxford.

The fashionable gathering place for the city's large student population is Port Meadow — an expansive greensward on Oxford's outskirts and the setting for boisterous all-night dance parties on April 30. Those left standing in the early hours troop back into town to join thousands of traditionalists and tourists for the centerpiece of the festivities: a dawn recital by the Magdalen Boy's Choir, given from the top of the spire of Magadalen College Chapel. Crowds gather below from about 5 a.m. and afterwards disperse for college parties or breakfast at one of the nearby pubs, which are full to bursting by sun-up. The only venues that aren't crowded on May 1 are the libraries and lecture halls.

• LIAM FITZPATRICK
• The Oxford circus gets into swing again for May Day