MAY 2002: AKME OPENS SHOP IN OXFORD AT 12 BROAD STREET
"The strangest exhibition ever seen in Oxford" - Oxford Times, 21/6/02
Leased on a short-term tenancy from Oxford City Council, AKME EXPRESSION was located in the very heart of the City, opposite Balliol College and Trinity gates, a taper's throw from the Martyrs' memorial, nearby The Bodleian Library and Blackwell's Bookshops, and a few doors down from 'The Oxford Story' tourist attraction.
The Scream Window Display
The Oxford University Freedom of Expression (OUFOE) Appeal: all proceeds from the shop go towards paying Oxford University's £12,500 legal costs (explanation).
The Gallery of Shame
The Empty Chair
During the negotiation over Oxford's £12,500 costs, Malcolm offered to raise the money in full and up front provided Oxford use it to endow a lectureship in publishing law. The university was "not interested in this proposal."
MID-MAY: AKME launches AKME UNIVERSITY
installation in lower ground floor and basement
Table of Charges
| Presidency of Trickery College | £12,500 |
| Mastership of Broke College | £500 |
| Degree 1st Class (any subject) | £200 |
| Degree 2.1 (any subject) | £100 |
| Degree 2.2 (any subject) | £50 |
| A Level (any subject) | Free with
every purchase |
AKME presents ANOTHER OXFORD STORY
from the piety of Frideswide to the avarice of the modern don
featuring:
the Saint's grotto
the Descent
the University Council
blood below stairs
Plus: THE SEVEN CENTURIES OF MYSTERY TOUR through ALL SOULLESS COLLEGE to the Martyrs' Ditch, the ancient, futile search for the University's conscience; HARVEY McGREGOR ON ROYALTIES (the court recording of the damages hearing in Malcolm v. Oxford, 11th July 1991); THE TOLLING BELL, THE SAFE BETS, THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, THE DIM COMPLEX and much, much more...
30th May 2002: Rave review of Making Names in The Oxford Student: "Electra remains one of the most powerful statements of the human condition written in the past century."
AKME UNIVERSITY T-SHIRTS
(Table of Charges, Free A Level, Another Oxford Story)
Only £9.95 each, large or medium non-shrink. Order by mail from Akme Publications,
7 Southover Street, Brighton BN2 2UA (cheques payable to AKME Publications)
22nd JUNE: THE SHOP CLOSES
See The Guardian 25/6/02.
Click for newspaper reports:
Full-page finale by Reg Little in The Oxford Times, 21st June 2002:
ANDREW'S LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
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THE OXBRIDGE COLLEGE ACCOUNTS INDEX AND OUP ACCOUNTS INDEX THE MALCOLM vs. OXFORD CASE INDEXES: I (1984-92) AND II (2001-02) THE SURPRISING TRUTH ABOUT OUP'S 'CHARITABLE STATUS'THE HISTORY OF AKME AND OF THIS WEBSITE THE AKME OXFORD CUTTINGS LIBRARY THE AKME LITERARY LAW LIBRARY THE AKME STUDENT LAW LIBRARY ABOUT MAKING NAMESABOUT THE REMEDYTHE SITE INDEX
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