Bob the Traveler13h ago
Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of #Oxford, who died OTD in 1331, took part in several of the military campaigns of Edward I, Edward II and Edward III in Wales, Scotland and France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/oxford-lewis-tolkien/?s=mb #travel #history
C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien at Oxford

Visit the places where C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien taught, lived, and found inspiration at Oxford University, starting with the Eagle and Child pub where the 'Inklings' met.

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Daniel Pomarède21h ago

#OxLancs2026

Preparing my talk for the 1st Ox & Lancs Colloquium on Cosmological Features on the Largest Scales at U. of Lancashire. Highlight of the meeting: a talk by Sir Roger Penrose (Nobel Prize 2020) on "Dark matter in Conformal Cyclic Cosmology and Lopez Galactic Rings".

https://www.star.uclan.ac.uk/ox-lancs-2026/

#Cosmology #OxLancs #science #conference #Oxford #Lancashire #university #universities #ULancs #astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #cosmicflows #Hooleilana #Laniakea #supercluster #galaxies

hamish campbell21h ago
What looks, from a distance, like a marginal issue is in central, a question of whether #Oxford remains a living city, or becomes more controlled, polished and diminished. What we’re growing at #OxfordBoaters is simple https://hamishcampbell.com/what-were-growing-at-oxfordboaters-is-simple/
What we’re growing at Oxford Boaters is simple – #OMN (Open Media Network)

michael21h ago

Colours of Time by Cedric #Klapisch is showing at the Phoenix Picturehouse #Oxford from #today - see my review here: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/08/colours-of-time.html

#film #frenchCinema #impressionists #Paris 19thCentury #periodDrama

colours of time

Some thoughts on La venue de l'avenir Cédric Klapisch France 2025 starring Suzanne Lindon, Cécile de France ... released in Germany 14....

#OMN (Open Media Network)21h ago

What we’re growing at Oxford Boaters is simple

From the towpath at dawn to moonlit moorings at dusk, Oxford’s boating community is not a curiosity, it’s part of the city’s living fabric. Generations of people have chosen to make their homes on the water, creating a culture rooted in community, care, and independence. This is a quieter Oxford, rarely captured in guidebooks but felt by anyone who walks the river or canal: a human-scale world of shared tea, passing conversations, and everyday presence. In a city shaped by wealth and […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/what-were-growing-at-oxfordboaters-is-simple/

The Mirror: News, Sport, Celebrity & Entertainment1d ago

Charming UK village has 'best pub' with Raymond Blanc's 'favourite Sunday lunch'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/charming-uk-village-best-pub-37006662

Show threadmichael1d ago
speaking of #election signs, there is a (middle-aged, male) cyclist who seems to yell at our #VoteGreen sign every time he passes on his way into town? Can't quite make out what he's saying though. #Oxford #OX3
michael1d ago

Colours of Time by Cedric #Klapisch is showing at the Phoenix Picturehouse #Oxford from #tomorrow - see my review here: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/08/colours-of-time.html

#film #frenchCinema #impressionists #Paris 19thCentury #periodDrama

colours of time

Some thoughts on La venue de l'avenir Cédric Klapisch France 2025 starring Suzanne Lindon, Cécile de France ... released in Germany 14....

Tommi Nieminen2d ago

Tuli vastaan taas tämä (vanhentunut) #sitaatti:

”Koska #Oxford kuuluu maailman harvoihin sivistyskaupunkeihin, se tarjoaa asukkailleen mahdollisuuden uida ainoalla siihen toimintaan sopivalla tavalla, toisin sanoen alasti […].” (Edmund Crispin)

Tämähän ei valitettavasti enää pidä paikkaansa. #SicTransit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parson%27s_Pleasure

Parson's Pleasure - Wikipedia

michael2d ago
#Oxford local elections: cycling down my street yesterday, I think I saw 7 #GreenParty signs and one Labour. No other parties.