Students and writers have loved it for 450 years ... The Oxford Cafe succumbs to "Corona"

A historic café in central Oxford, which has been frequented by students, students and writers for more than 450 years, has become a new cultural victim of the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Lamb and Flag Café, frequented by writers such as JRR Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings series, and his friend CS Lewis, who wrote The Chronicles of Narnia ( The Chronicles of Narnia) has suffered heavy losses since the outbreak of the pandemic began.

The cafe first opened in 1566 and moved to its current location on St Giles Street in the city center in 1613. It is owned by St. Johns University and is one of the 45 private universities and colleges that make up the University of Oxford.

Steve Elston, deputy treasurer of St. Johns University, said in a statement that the place would be closed from January 31.

England imposed general isolation measures since March last year and then again from last November, and began the third isolation measures on the fifth of January.

University life has been severely disrupted even during times of the general isolation procedures.

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