Oxfordshire | Archive | 2008 | May
A scientist is embarking on an unusual European trip - to find the places where the idea for the camera was born. more...
Two men were killed speeding at about 80mph in a car while a friend filmed them on a mobile telephone, a coroner heard today. more...
by Laura Wurzel ITALY'S SORROW: A YEAR OF WAR, 1944-45 James Holland (Harper Press, £25)Holland's book is a enthralling, detailed, exhaustively researched page-turner. He uses over 50 illuminating eyewitness accounts from Italian civilians and partisans, plus military personnel from both Germany and the Allied forces, to trace Italy's entry into the Second World War and descent into civil war. more...
A degree course in nutrition and food science at Oxford Brookes University sparked Dave Hamilton's interest in cooking and growing food. Now 33, he and his twin brother Andy remember making nettle soup with their grandmother, who made pickles, chutney and jam. more...
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY: IAN FLEMING + JAMES BOND Ben MacIntyre (Bloomsbury, £20)I feel for Ben MacIntyre with this latest attempt to chronicle and analyse the similarities and relationship between Ian Fleming and James Bond. It's not that MacIntyre, with this officially endorsed effort to accompany the current exhibition at the Imperial War Museum to commemorate the centenary of the Oxfordshire author's birth, does a particularly bad job. more...
Notes From an Exhibition Patrick Gale (Harper Perennial, £7.99) The central figure in this family saga with a gay touch is bipolar (manic-depressive) artist Rachel Kelly, who has just died of a heart attack in her Cornish loft-studio. Each chapter is headed by notes from a posthumous retrospective of Rachel's work. We follow her meeting in Oxford with gentle, patient Quaker husband Antony Middleton, who rescued her when she was pregnant and suicidal. He learned never to ask about her family, whom he never met in more than 30 years of marriage. The story unravels gradually, told from the point of view of each of her four children, including gay Hedley and youngest son Petroc, whose death in a road accident at the age of 15 has marked the family almost as deeply as the experience of their wild, unpredictable mother - sometimes loving, sometimes viciously unkind. more...
TODAY Lecture: James Attlee talks about his book about Cowley Road, Isolarion: A Different Oxford Journey. 2.30pm, Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street, Oxford. Part of Oxford May Music Festival. For details, see www.oxfordmaymusic.co.uk or call 01865 305305. more...
James Conan is the pen-name for a collaboration between Duncton Chronicles creator William Horwood and historian Helen Rappaport, whose novel City of Dark Hearts (Arrow, £6.99) is set in 1890s Chicago. more...
'Music was shaken to its roots in June," writes James Hamilton in his book London Lights, "When the Italian violinist Nicoḷ Paganini gave a series of performances at the King's Theatre, for which he initially demanded £4,000 a show." Even now, this is quite a hefty fee, but in the summer of 1831, it was a fortune. more...
TWO Oxfordshire billionaires feature among the biggest risers and fallers in this year's list of Britain's richest people. more...
With great power comes great responsibility... and an equally great temptation to abuse that power for significant personal and financial gain. more...
How soon is too soon when it comes to a remake? Two years? Five years? Ten? more...
If any more proof were needed that 12-year-old Abigail Breslin, Oscar-nominated star of Little Miss Sunshine, is destined for superstardom, look no further than Nim's Island.o The diminutive actress takes top billing for this island adventure above two-time Academy Award winner Jodie Foster and action man Gerard Butler (300, P.S. I Love You). more...
We arrived at Baby Simple shortly after ten o'clock to find that it was the best kind of busy. more...
DENISE DANE, of Oxfordshire Geology Trust's Diversity in Stone project, explores the local links between buildings and North Wessex Downs geology The North Wessex Downs form the largest designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in southern England, a broad expanse of chalk upland through South Oxfordshire, West Berkshire, Wiltshire and North Hampshire. more...
There is an Oxfordshire derby on Sunday when Kidlington host Home Counties Premier League rivals Thame Town in the first round of the ECB Cockspur Cup. more...
Promising teenagers Jack Taylor and Matthew Woods feature in Oxfordshire's friendly against Oxford University in The Parks on Monday (11). more...
Hyron Shallow returns once again to haunt the bowlers as the OCA League gets under way tomorrow. more...
Promising teenagers Jack Taylor and Matthew Woods will feature in Oxfordshire's friendly against Oxford University in The Parks on Monday (11). more...
Bicester & North Oxford were made to fight all the way before recording a narrow two-run victory against an Oxfordshire Under 17 side on Sunday. more...
DAVID BELLAN talks to Lin Hwai-min, founder of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, about performing Moon Water Lin Hwai-min, Cloud Gate's now legendary founder, came late to contemporary dance after studying Chinese opera movement and classical court dance in Japan and Korea. more...
The decision to remove one of the last major obstacles to the £330m redevelopment of the Westgate Centre in Oxford will be widely welcomed. more...
Survey discovers significant number of teachers rewarding children with sweets, writes PETER CANN The information website Netmums has announced the results of a survey in which they asked mothers if their children got sweets given as rewards by teachers and whether or not they were happy with this practice. more...
Should any inhabitant of west Oxfordshire happen to look up and see an Airbus flying overhead, resplendent in silver and blue, they should wonder not: it is only their neighbour, Prince Bandar, stopping off at his Oxfordshire pad between Riyadh and Washington. more...
Darren Pond struck the winning penalty as Oxford City saw off county rivals Didcot Town 5-4 on penalties to reach the Division 1 South & West play-off final in a thriller at Loop Meadow Stadium last night. more...
Darren Pond struck the winning penalty as Oxford City saw off county rivals Didcot Town 5-4 on penalties to reach the Division 1 South & West play-off final in a thriller at Loop Meadow Stadium last night. more...
Ardley United manager Dan Still (pictured) is looking for his side to produce the form that saw them beat high-fliers Witney United and Hungerford Town when they take on Shortwood United in the Soccer Kits Plus Supplementary Cup final at Fairford Town on Saturday. more...
Mark Mortell headed the only goal of the game as Slade Farm United lost to Cropredy in the final of the Banbury District Lord Jersey FA Coronation Cup. more...
Gary Wiggins and Lewis Coyle smashed doubles as Worcester & Bletchingdon Res thrashed Marston Saints Res 6-0 in Division 2, but were disappointed to fall one short of their century of goals. more...
Darren Pond struck the winning penalty as Oxford City saw off county rivals Didcot Town 5-4 on penalties to reach the Division 1 South & West play-off final in a thriller at Loop Meadow Stadium last night. more...
Darren Pond struck the winning penalty as Oxford City saw off county rivals Didcot Town 5-4 on penalties to reach the Division 1 South & West play-off final in a thriller at Loop Meadow Stadium last night. more...
VAL BOURNE says there can only be one way to deal with the menace of the lily beetle Gardeners hate bright-red lily beetles and I am constantly being asked how to deal with them in a green way. There's only one method and it's brutal - pick the conspicuous creatures off and kill them. But there's a problem. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
MILLIE Bounds was 'in fine fettle' for her landmark birthday on Wednesday, as she celebrated 100 years with family and friends. more...
A GRIEVING father is adamant his daughter did not take her own life despite a coroner ruling there was no other explanation. more...
TOPSY the skewbald mare proudly showed off her latest prize - a plaque and rosette recognising her 15 years of loyal service to disabled riders. more...
OXFORDSHIRE'S police community support officers (PCSOs) are being sent to tackle 'urgent' emergency calls previously dealt with by regular bobbies. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
I have often thought that our councilors do not communicate with each other. Now I know why. more...
And we thought that Oxford University was a stuffy institution. more...
Have other people had trouble with their bus passes? more...
Revellers capture the action on video and camera as a jumper prepares to take the plunge. more...
Ahmed Jarnaranz in mid air after jumping off Magdalen Bridge. more...
Splashdown for a May Day jumper. more...
Crowds gathered to hear the Magdalen College choir. more...
Police on May Day patrol. more...
Preparing to take the leap. more...
Ahmed Jarnaranz, left, and Jean-Baptiste Joslet on dry land after jumping off Magdalen Bridge. more...
A jumper at the point of no return. more...
Crowds watch the May Day jumpers. more...
Celebrating May Day. more...
Angelic reveller Emily Cox. more...
Girls have fun as May Day dawns. Pictures by Ed Nix. more...
The water awaits this May Day jumper. more...
Tomas Autchier tells Oxford Mail reporter Andrew Ffrench how he celebrates May Day. more...
Swaggering, confident, and terrifying talented, The Charlatans are among the coolest bands in the world. more...
As the East Oxford Community Choir prepares for a joint concert with a choir from Grenoble, NICOLA LISLE talks to the choir's founder, Mel Houldershaw The phrase "glutton for punishment" springs to mind. Not content with teaching music to children and forming a children's choir that developed into an adult choir, Mel Houldershaw has, since 2001, been involved in putting on bi-annual concerts with vocal ensemble Interlude, from Grenoble, France. Chatting to her over a cup of coffee, it's clear she positively revels in all this activity. more...
A BATTERY recycling scheme is to be extended after a successful first year. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
A BATTERY recycling scheme is to be extended after a successful first year. more...
A BATTERY recycling scheme is to be extended after a successful first year. more...
AN HISTORIC blacksmith's forge bound for the scrapheap has been saved - and will now become a working museum piece at Tooley's Boatyard, in Banbury. more...
AN HISTORIC blacksmith's forge bound for the scrapheap has been saved - and will now become a working museum piece at Tooley's Boatyard, in Banbury. more...
A NURSE serving life for murdering two patients and bringing 15 to the brink of death has launched a bid to clear his name. more...
A NURSE serving life for murdering two patients and bringing 15 to the brink of death has launched a bid to clear his name. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
THE Wheatley local branch of the Royal British Legion has been given the Duncan Cup, which is awarded to the fastest growing branch in Oxfordshire. more...
A COLOURFUL annual parade, which accompanies Oxfordshire's biggest public event, is set to double in size. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
A BATTERY recycling scheme is to be extended after a successful first year. more...
A BATTERY recycling scheme is to be extended after a successful first year. more...
A BATTERY recycling scheme is to be extended after a successful first year. more...
SMALL shops in Witney are forming their own network to fight the threat from multi-national stores. more...
THREE Oxford bands are due to appear at this year's Glastonbury festival, it has been announced. more...
THE death of a street drinker whose body was found in an Oxford lake was accidental, a coroner ruled. more...
AN OXFORDSHIRE man and the Princess Royal's former husband attended court to hear a judge rule in their favour and halt a prosecution against his eventing company. more...
AN HISTORIC blacksmith's forge bound for the scrapheap has been saved - and will now become a working museum piece at Tooley's Boatyard, in Banbury. more...
AN HISTORIC blacksmith's forge bound for the scrapheap has been saved - and will now become a working museum piece at Tooley's Boatyard, in Banbury. more...
AT least four men jumped off Magdalen Bridge this morning as part of the May Day 'celebrations'. more...
A PENSIONER who says he was a "guinea pig" during atomic bomb tests in the 1950s is suing the Government. more...
A PENSIONER who says he was a "guinea pig" during atomic bomb tests in the 1950s is suing the Government. more...
THE final stumbling block in the way of the £330m redevelopment of Oxford's Westgate Centre has been lifted. more...
THE search has begun for a new home for Garsington Opera following the announcement that it must leave the idyllic manor house that has been its home for two decades. more...
TWO men were killed speeding at about 80mph in a car while a friend filmed them on a mobile telephone, a coroner heard today. more...
TWO men were killed speeding at about 80mph in a car while a friend filmed them on a mobile telephone, a coroner heard today. more...
A NURSE serving life for murdering two patients and bringing 15 to the brink of death has launched a bid to clear his name. more...
A NURSE serving life for murdering two patients and bringing 15 to the brink of death has launched a bid to clear his name. more...
A REDUCTION in the number of London buses travelling on the High Street, Oxford, should be central to improvements to the historic road, transport planners will be told. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
A BATTERY recycling scheme is to be extended after a successful first year. more...
A BATTERY recycling scheme is to be extended after a successful first year. more...
A BATTERY recycling scheme is to be extended after a successful first year. more...
A PENSIONER who says he was a "guinea pig" during atomic bomb tests in the 1950s is suing the Government. more...
A PENSIONER who says he was a "guinea pig" during atomic bomb tests in the 1950s is suing the Government. more...
TWO men were killed speeding at about 80mph in a car while a friend filmed them on a mobile telephone, a coroner heard today. more...
TWO men were killed speeding at about 80mph in a car while a friend filmed them on a mobile telephone, a coroner heard today. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
Darren Pond struck the winning penalty as Oxford City saw off county rivals Didcot Town 5-4 on penalties to reach the Division 1 South & West play-off final in a thriller at Loop Meadow Stadium last night. more...
Darren Pond struck the winning penalty as Oxford City saw off county rivals Didcot Town 5-4 on penalties to reach the Division 1 South & West play-off final in a thriller at Loop Meadow Stadium last night. more...
Darren Pond struck the winning penalty as Oxford City saw off county rivals Didcot Town 5-4 on penalties to reach the Division 1 South & West play-off final in a thriller at Loop Meadow Stadium last night. more...
Darren Pond struck the winning penalty as Oxford City saw off county rivals Didcot Town 5-4 on penalties to reach the Division 1 South & West play-off final in a thriller at Loop Meadow Stadium last night. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
ART by more than 200 young artists is to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. more...
RAIL commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
Dancing queen Nicole Faux dazzled judges at a national dance competition to wIn four first-place prizes. more...
Nearly 10,000 eastern European immigrants are living in Oxfordshire but many will choose not to settle here, new research suggests. more...
A pensioner who says he was a "guinea pig" during atomic bomb tests in the 1950s is suing the Government. more...
The final stumbling block in the way of the £330m redevelopment of Oxford's Westgate Centre was lifted last night. more...
At least four men have jumped off Magdalen Bridge this morning as part of the May Day 'celebrations'. more...
The emergency services have hailed this morning's May Day operation a success despite four people jumping off Magdalen Bridge. more...
A nurse serving life for murdering two patients and bringing 15 to the brink of death has launched a bid to clear his name. more...
There are are just three weeks to go until Oxford's Town and Gown fun run and hundreds of runners are putting the finishing touches to their training. more...
Web cameras could be put up at weirs along the River Thames in a bid to improve safety, the Environment Agency has said. more...
A football school in Oxford is enjoying watching its former pupils achieve their goals on the pitch, as well as off it. more...
Work is now progressing well on the £1.5m revamp of Oxford's Bonn Square - after a tricky start to the project when a protester occupied a tree. more...
Parents of primary school children are being targeted by a new project to make them aware of the signs that their children may be using drugs and how to discourage them from doing so. more...
A grandfather who thwarted a robbery and a police officer who helped jail a rapist have been praised. more...
Rail commuters fed up with delays and cancellations are being urged to bombard Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly with letters in support of a upgrade scheme. more...
Oxford University's Bodleian Library has launched a 65,000-item cultural history collection online. more...
The High Court yesterday heard that the Metropolitan Police's policy of routinely photographing anti-arms fair activists was a breach of human rights, in a case brought by an Oxford man. more...
Magdalen College is not the only place where choristers have been heard on May morning, writes CHRIS KOENIG Anyone concerned about the fairness or otherwise of tax bands should perhaps spare a thought for the inhabitants of Churchill, near Chipping Norton - their village was burned to a cinder as a result of an ill-fated tax avoidance scheme. more...
Nestled between Heli Beds and Oxford Interiors in the West Way Shopping Centre in Botley, Rocococor doesn't seem promising. more...
Thirteen Oxfordshire rowers have been named in the British crews for the first World Cup Regatta in Munich next week, raising hopes for their selection for the Beijing Olympics. more...
Chinnor captain Matt Hutchings will skipper Oxfordshire as they begin their County Championship Shield campaign against Cornwall at Redruth tomorrow. more...
Bicester lifted the Oxfordshire Veterans Cup with a hard-fought 16-6 victory over Chinnor at Oxford RFC. more...
AEA Technology 68.5 BMW 2775 Electrocomponents 184.5 Nationwide Accident Repair 128.5 Oxford Biomedica 25.75 Oxford Catalyst 168.5 Oxford Instruments 211 Reed Elsevier 635.5 RM 207.5 RPS Group 317.75 more...
AEA Technology 68.75 BMW 2775 Electrocomponents 184.5 Nationwide Accident Repair 128.5 Oxford Biomedica 26 Oxford Catalyst 168.5 Oxford Instruments 210.5 Reed Elsevier 633.25 RM 207.5 RPS Group 316 more...
Thirty jobs are being created with the redevelopment of a restaurant near Banbury. more...
Welcome to Mountain Dream, live your dream adventure" reads the advert promoting Simon Yates' holiday company, the irony of which isn't lost on the famous mountaineer. more...
Had your critic arrived a minute or two late at the Oxford Playhouse on Wednesday night, this space would now contain something other than a review of DV8's powerful new show, To Be Straight With You. Were I to have been caught short during the 80 minutes of interval-less performance, the review would have concerned only a partially seen production, for there would have been "unfortunately" - the word of the company's announcer - no readmission. But the risk of a strained bladder had, admittedly, been lessened by another DV8 ukase that had denied me (and any other thirsty patrons) a drink at the bar in the five minutes before the show began. more...
As the result of advances in medicine, the majority of us will now live longer. This may seem an attractive idea, but as we get older, our mental health can deteriorate, and some of us will develop such conditions as dementia, of which Alzheimer's Disease is the most well known form. more...
Family and friends of a teenager who died suddenly from meningitis have unveiled a special memorial bench to mark his life. more...
DEAR JESSICA: After months of asking, I have finally got the girl of my desires to agree to go out with me. Now I'm stuck. She likes wine, but I know nothing about it. Where in Oxford can I take her to get good wine, that won't empty my wallet and maybe get me a kiss at the end of the night? Chris H. more...
Conservative Party leader David Cameron will break with Parliamentary tradition next week to lead a debate on flooding in his Witney constituency. more...
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