An announcement from Oxford signals that it is still very much the go-to university if you’re a tax-averse billionaire, eager for serious recognition but concerned that academic sensibilities might somehow come between your £100m and a place alongside Duke Humfrey, Godfrey Sheldon and more recent donors Wafic Said and Leonard Blavatnik. Other than welcoming its latest big benefactor, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, on a day likely to be eclipsed by the.