A spicy mix of Oxford stories from a house once belonging to a city sausage maker.
One of the regular activities that perks me up as I claw my way through dull grey January is marmalade making. A couple of weeks into the New Year, crates…
Take one look at the faded photograph of the charming villa above and you might think this a story about Oxford house prices. Far from it. It’s the tale of…
Contributing photographer John Milnes has been out on his bicycle collecting pictures of Oxford’s ghost signs. Here he explains his fascination with these spectres from a bygone age. I’ve been…
The Oxford University Church of St Mary the Virgin is sometimes overlooked as a place to visit, standing as it does in competition with its more flamboyant neighbours in Radcliffe…
I am delighted to say that this is the 26th edition of the Oxford Sausage. That’s six months of weekly ramblings. The time has gone in a flash – and…
Last December I became a little obsessed with taking photographs of angels within walking distance of where I live in central Oxford. I am not a religious person, but there…
On a cold Thursday evening I find myself climbing the vertical ladder that leads up into the belfry of St Giles Church, a tower that has stood sentry over those…
This weekend will mark the 10th anniversary of our annual charity Christmas bulb sale. Let’s face it we all need something to cheer us up during that long stretch between…
You see them all over Oxford. A Victorian invention, standing solidly on the city’s pavements and street corners, or sunk into ancient walls, elegant in design, cheerily welcoming in their…
I was delighted to receive a small package from a reader of this blog. It was a copy of a book first published in 1764. They thought I’d be interested…