Olympic torch highlights: Oxford to Reading The flame left Oxford this morning. Yesterday it was met by the Prime Minister David Cameron as it travelled close to his Witney constituency. Oxford is renowned throughout the world as a centre of learning, and latterly as the home of Inspectors Morse and Lewis. It blends medieval charm with the buzz of a modern city. It is an international city on an intimate scale. One minute you can be pushing through crowded shopping streets, the next diving down a serene cobbled alleyway, its ancient stone walls laced with wisteria, or stepping through one of the college gatehouses into an enclosed and enigmatic world.