Editing Radcliffe Camera (section)

== In popular culture ==
{{In popular culture|date=November 2017}}
* [[J. R. R. Tolkien]], author of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', remarked that the building resembled [[Sauron]]'s temple to [[Morgoth]] on [[Númenor]].<ref>Simon Rose, 9 December 2001 tourist trail article [http://www.culture24.org.uk/history+%26+heritage/literature+%26+music/tra10493 Fellowship of the Ring/J.R.R. Tolkien Trail] 24-hour museum.</ref> It is also mentioned in ''[[The Notion Club Papers]]''.
* [[Dorothy Sayers]]' mystery novel ''[[Gaudy Night]]'' (1936) is set in Oxford, and one of the most important concluding conversations between Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane takes place on the balustraded circular rooftop of the Radcliffe Camera (Chapter XXIII).
* The Camera was used as a location in the films ''[[Young Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1985), ''[[The Opium War (film)|The Opium War]]'' (1997), ''[[The Saint (1997 film)|The Saint]]'' (1997), ''[[The Red Violin]]'' (1998), and ''[[Wonka (film)|Wonka]]'' (2023).<ref>Leonard, Bill, ''The Oxford of Inspector Morse'' Location Guides, Oxford (2004) p.202 {{ISBN|0-9547671-1-X}}.</ref>