Disagreement between the young and others about the proper time for bedtime (and getting up) is a perennial Oxford problem.

A few years ago, the Penultimate Picture Palace was faced with the prospect of stopping its late night films, because of the disturbance caused to the local residents. The films were an essential part of the PPP's operation, and this would have meant eventual closure. The issue was neatly sidestepped by turning it into a cinema club – which anyone can join – which was then not subject to the same regulations as an ordinary cinema. At the same time, efforts have been made to ensure that the clientele leave quietly. [2004 update. Sadly the PPP did subsequently close down, permanently, along with Not the Moulin Rouge in Headington (where this editor was accustomed to sinking into enormous decaying armchair seating and watching films with an audience of three). However, someone with as cunning business plan and a ready wit saw an opening for reviving an East Oxford arthouse cinema, and the Penultimate Picture Palace has now proudly reopened as ... the Ultimate Picture Palace. And this editor was the very first to walk through their doorway as a paying customer.]