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Walter de Staplecat, Simpkin IV, Teabag, Balthasar and Benny D Cat take the stage as we meet the college cats of Oxford. And, of course, Magdalen’s Ozymandias. Read on for our photo special. (Includes a cat map.) oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
College cats of Oxford
Once upon a time, we featured an image of Magdalen's kitten, Ozymandias, in our newsletter. We figured it might be a gentle contrast to our regular diet of planning and local politics.
The grey ball ...
oxfordclarion.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Walter de Staplecat, Simpkin IV, Teabag, Balthasar and Benny D Cat take the stage as we meet the college cats of Oxford. And, of course, Magdalen’s Ozymandias. Read on for our photo special. (Includes a cat map.) oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
Reposted by Gordon Woods
People will stop going to Oxford because of the congestion charge, they told us? 🤔
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
People will stop going to Oxford because of the congestion charge, they told us? 🤔
With added Howells this week!
Oxford’s essential newsletter – now published twice a week! Featuring today:
🚍 Congestion charge, one week in
🦏 Baby rhino
🚴♀️ New cycleway
🚗 Oxford traffic x JRR Tolkien
🥖 Artisan baker x Kanye West
🕳 Potholes x C20th choral music
Get it online or by email: oxfordclarion.uk/clarion-week...
🚍 Congestion charge, one week in
🦏 Baby rhino
🚴♀️ New cycleway
🚗 Oxford traffic x JRR Tolkien
🥖 Artisan baker x Kanye West
🕳 Potholes x C20th choral music
Get it online or by email: oxfordclarion.uk/clarion-week...
Clarion Weekend, 7 November 2025
Sometimes quantity means quality. We owe you all an explanation. Thanks to our growing list of amazing contributors, we have more content than we can fit into our weekly newsletter. Email clients cut ...
oxfordclarion.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
With added Howells this week!
Given the amount of cross-borough travel, perhaps transport should ONLY be a GLA responsibility?
So, Hounslow council have banned Lime bikes, and licensed Forest and Voi; neighbouring Richmond has licensed Lime and banned the others. So every bridge over the Thames is now Checkpoint Charlie, with loads of Lime bikes parked on one side and loads of Forest and Voi on the other. Top work everyone!
August 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Given the amount of cross-borough travel, perhaps transport should ONLY be a GLA responsibility?
Reposted by Gordon Woods
vv good thread:
As the author, I’m immensely proud of this report. But mainly I hope people read it and take notice. This is about the rise in ‘fake e-bikes’, and what’s driving it appgcw.org/resources/in...
Unregulated and Unsafe: The Threat of Illegal E-Bikes - All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling & Walking
To download the report in PDF format, please click here. Parliamentary Group Warns of “Fake E-Bike” Safety Crisis and Calls for Urgent Government Action Unsafe e-bike products linked to fires and ...
appgcw.org
July 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
vv good thread:
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New research shows ULEZ & London's improvements in air quality have "contributed to better physical health, which in turn has led to reduced sick leave and enhanced mental well-being."
ULEZ is good for health, the environment & the economy 💚
airqualitynews.com/local-govern...
ULEZ is good for health, the environment & the economy 💚
airqualitynews.com/local-govern...
Reduced sick leave among the benefits of London’s ULEZ
A team from the University of Bath has found that the progressive improvements to London’s air quality by the introduction of increasingly stringent restrictions on vehicles, has led to a notable drop...
airqualitynews.com
July 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
New research shows ULEZ & London's improvements in air quality have "contributed to better physical health, which in turn has led to reduced sick leave and enhanced mental well-being."
ULEZ is good for health, the environment & the economy 💚
airqualitynews.com/local-govern...
ULEZ is good for health, the environment & the economy 💚
airqualitynews.com/local-govern...
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Dates for 2025
30 March St Peter, Belsize Park 5pm Evensong
14 May Guy's Hospital chapel, Summer Concert
19-20 July Rochester Cathedral, all weekend services
1-2 Nov St Albans Cathedral, all weekend services
10 Dec Guy's Hospital chapel, Christmas Concert
30 March St Peter, Belsize Park 5pm Evensong
14 May Guy's Hospital chapel, Summer Concert
19-20 July Rochester Cathedral, all weekend services
1-2 Nov St Albans Cathedral, all weekend services
10 Dec Guy's Hospital chapel, Christmas Concert
March 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Dates for 2025
30 March St Peter, Belsize Park 5pm Evensong
14 May Guy's Hospital chapel, Summer Concert
19-20 July Rochester Cathedral, all weekend services
1-2 Nov St Albans Cathedral, all weekend services
10 Dec Guy's Hospital chapel, Christmas Concert
30 March St Peter, Belsize Park 5pm Evensong
14 May Guy's Hospital chapel, Summer Concert
19-20 July Rochester Cathedral, all weekend services
1-2 Nov St Albans Cathedral, all weekend services
10 Dec Guy's Hospital chapel, Christmas Concert
Watching the @ri-science.bsky.social lectures, it feels amazing that we restrict access to alcohol and tobacco, but push sweets at children, and have them at every supermarket till, every newsagent and corner shop, every work canteen.
January 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Watching the @ri-science.bsky.social lectures, it feels amazing that we restrict access to alcohol and tobacco, but push sweets at children, and have them at every supermarket till, every newsagent and corner shop, every work canteen.
I find it odd that making sexual or other violent threats isn't an immediate suspension for the social media platforms. Not an original thought, but not one I've seen the platforms answer convincingly.
also the weird thing is that due to human nature you just fully get used to it, literally last week I was telling a story to some people about the time som guy sent me a rape threat from his university email address, like it was a funny story because he was such a bonehead, and they did: not laugh
Always surprised how many folk on social media are unaware that highly visible women online regularly get threatened w/ rape and other violence. Happens to every woman w/ a substantial following I know, has for a decade regardless of platform. And no, authorities don’t care and that’s no solution.
December 15, 2024 at 11:41 PM
I find it odd that making sexual or other violent threats isn't an immediate suspension for the social media platforms. Not an original thought, but not one I've seen the platforms answer convincingly.
This is why the Oxford Mail is so rubbish now, and @oxfordclarion.bsky.social is easily surpassing it on quality, while being volunteer-run.
Bleak account of working in local papers for Newsquest, which continues to send millions of pounds a year to its US private equity owners, while producing "cheap, synthetic, low-quality fare" and using AI reporters to cover councils. westcountryvoices.co.uk/ultra-proces...
December 3, 2024 at 11:11 AM
This is why the Oxford Mail is so rubbish now, and @oxfordclarion.bsky.social is easily surpassing it on quality, while being volunteer-run.
Preparing to sing for Advent Sunday at St. Mary's, Iffley
December 1, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Preparing to sing for Advent Sunday at St. Mary's, Iffley
North Oxfordshire is imitating the Netherlands today...
November 25, 2024 at 9:22 AM
North Oxfordshire is imitating the Netherlands today...
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We've made the Xit.
Help us find Oxford people (whether they park badly or not!)
We're all about the #antisocialparking, #pavementsareforpeople, #banpavementparking, #badlyparkedcars, #badlyparkedbikes, occasionally #badlyparkedloos and #badlyparkedsofas
@oxfordclarion.bsky.social
Help us find Oxford people (whether they park badly or not!)
We're all about the #antisocialparking, #pavementsareforpeople, #banpavementparking, #badlyparkedcars, #badlyparkedbikes, occasionally #badlyparkedloos and #badlyparkedsofas
@oxfordclarion.bsky.social
November 17, 2024 at 3:49 PM
We've made the Xit.
Help us find Oxford people (whether they park badly or not!)
We're all about the #antisocialparking, #pavementsareforpeople, #banpavementparking, #badlyparkedcars, #badlyparkedbikes, occasionally #badlyparkedloos and #badlyparkedsofas
@oxfordclarion.bsky.social
Help us find Oxford people (whether they park badly or not!)
We're all about the #antisocialparking, #pavementsareforpeople, #banpavementparking, #badlyparkedcars, #badlyparkedbikes, occasionally #badlyparkedloos and #badlyparkedsofas
@oxfordclarion.bsky.social
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I see the old myth that smoking bans reduce income in hospitality sector is being dragged out again. To be clear, the only studies showing any adverse effect use weak methodology and are funded by the tobacco industry
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
Review of the quality of studies on the economic effects of smoke-free policies on the hospitality industry
Data sources: Researchers sought all studies produced before 31 August 2002. Articles published in scientific journals were located with Medline, Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 29, 2024 at 5:50 AM
I see the old myth that smoking bans reduce income in hospitality sector is being dragged out again. To be clear, the only studies showing any adverse effect use weak methodology and are funded by the tobacco industry
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...