Shark Links
Reference works, tourist sites, and magazines
- Wikipedia: The Headington Shark
The Shark shares the honour of a Wikipedia listing with such other Headington luminaries as Brian Aldiss, Bill Heine, and Councillor Stephen Tall - Arts Toolkit: This day in the arts (August 9)
This site ensures that 9 August will be remembered in the arts world for the birth of the Headington Shark (as well as for the Sistine Chapel and the Leaning Tower of Pisa) - Nothing to see here
“A collaborative guide to some of the world’s lesser-signposted places to go” - National Geographic
A very early shark sighting (May 2002)
Photographs
- A giant fish through the roof
A selection of pictures from many angles - Geograph British Isles project: Shark
The shark occupies the map square for central Headington - Geograph British Isles project: A rival fish
Someone in Norbury with a marlin on his roof! - Kamshots
A different picture of the shark, with comments - Deke’s page
Another new picture of the shark - BBC: Headington shark gets the bends
Pictures of the shark and New High Street taken with a panoramic lens
- The Hoary Ape’s photos
Four original photographs by Peter Evans - Flickr
There are numerous pictures on the above link to the search results for “Headington Shark” - MySpace:
Dave Dark and the Sharks** Shark used as avatar
Blogs & message boards etc
These are too numerous to list, but here are just a few:
- Government’s Planning Portal announces Shark’s 25th birthday
- Sir George Young MP
“Si monumentum requiris…” The planning minister concerned gives his side of the story. - Jonson Blog
An American regrets having left Oxford “right before it became interesting”….
Other mentions of the Shark
- The Independent, 9 July 2006:
“The Weird and the Wonderful: The bizarre side of the UK”
“But, in building, it takes something extreme these days to qualify as eccentric. Take the Headington Shark” - The Telegraph, 29 December 2011:
Britain’s follies: a list of some of the best - English at Oxford
The shark as an advertising gimmick - Infomotions: Sharks in Oxford
Possibly the earliest reference to the Headington Shark on the web, dating from 5 January 1993
