But is it though? Really?
November 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
But is it though? Really?
I ran past this a few weeks ago and I wondered what it was. It's just a huge illegal rubbish dump.
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Kidlington fly-tipping: Criminals dump mountain of waste in field
The enormous pile of rubbish is called an
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November 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I ran past this a few weeks ago and I wondered what it was. It's just a huge illegal rubbish dump.
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Oh no too late
Oxfordshire County Council has clarified that the Ghostbusters hearse would not be exempt from the city’s Congestion Charge. A spokesperson told us “It’s not as simple as buying a hearse. In order to qualify for a permit, you must also be a funeral care business.”
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Oh no too late
What
Jeremy Mogford, Oxford hotelier and chairman of Oxford Business Action Group, has been charged with murder in connection with the death of his 100-year old mother Patricia Mogford. The 77-year old was charged together with 71-year old Sarah Pickering from Guildford.
October 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
What
It's a shame that it's not better known because it's a really good museum, particularly the events they put on. But those prices are very reasonable.
An entry fee could be charged at the Museum of Oxford, in the Town Hall. Oxford City Council says visitor numbers are half of what they expected, leading to a £77,000 “unbudgeted revenue pressure” last year.
October 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
It's a shame that it's not better known because it's a really good museum, particularly the events they put on. But those prices are very reasonable.
Great idea, senior Labour figures
September 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Great idea, senior Labour figures
Kings and queens.
Things that turn out to be a lot more scarce in real life than you’re led to believe as a child, through kids’ books, TV, illustrations etc. I’ll start.
WINDMILLS.
I must have been a teenager by the time I saw one in the flesh. (Prob does not apply if you’re from East Anglia or the Netherlands.)
WINDMILLS.
I must have been a teenager by the time I saw one in the flesh. (Prob does not apply if you’re from East Anglia or the Netherlands.)
June 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Kings and queens.
This is really true for me. It's not that I don't recognize each one, it's that they all blur into one very quickly and it reduces how bad it all seems.
A lot of people who are incredibly shrewd critical thinkers when someone posts a cute but improbable story, have a hard time recognizing when they’re being snowed by every piece of propaganda and outrage manufacturing they see in the news and online.
May 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This is really true for me. It's not that I don't recognize each one, it's that they all blur into one very quickly and it reduces how bad it all seems.
This is a clear description of the situation. I am a pragmatic voter but this is no way for Labour to succeed.
This week’s column is on what increasingly defines western democracy, being held hostage by centrist governments with threats of a worse alternative
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Welcome to the era of ‘hostage politics’, where Labour is apparently your only hope | Nesrine Malik
First it was the Conservatives and now Reform. The only thing the government has to offer is that it’s the least worst option, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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May 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This is a clear description of the situation. I am a pragmatic voter but this is no way for Labour to succeed.
Podman tries quite hard to choose innocuous names, but I did have to look at this one twice.
April 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Podman tries quite hard to choose innocuous names, but I did have to look at this one twice.
This is really important to remember. If exactly the same things happened under a democratic president there would be constant self-righteous fury. And I find it hard to express how hypocritical it is.
The totalitarian levels of bad faith and disingenuousness from MAGA is funny at one level but also deeply depressing because it’s the foundation for all this and until it cracks, I’m not quite sure how we get out alive.
April 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This is really important to remember. If exactly the same things happened under a democratic president there would be constant self-righteous fury. And I find it hard to express how hypocritical it is.
But. Supposing it was all going to come crashing down, the first two days might look like this.
This is basically equivalent to what Liz Truss did, in that it just makes no sense, but if you're in charge of the biggest economy in the world you might be able to ride it out.
Incredible. The Trump administration calculated "tariff rates" by taking the US trade deficit with the respective country and dividing it by the country's exports to the US. And then the tariff rate of the US is often just set by cutting that made-up "tariff rate" in half.
April 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
But. Supposing it was all going to come crashing down, the first two days might look like this.
This is basically equivalent to what Liz Truss did, in that it just makes no sense, but if you're in charge of the biggest economy in the world you might be able to ride it out.
Incredible. The Trump administration calculated "tariff rates" by taking the US trade deficit with the respective country and dividing it by the country's exports to the US. And then the tariff rate of the US is often just set by cutting that made-up "tariff rate" in half.
April 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is basically equivalent to what Liz Truss did, in that it just makes no sense, but if you're in charge of the biggest economy in the world you might be able to ride it out.
I'm very conscious that this is my job now.
April 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I'm very conscious that this is my job now.
This is great.
✅ Hate "No ball games" signs
✅ No longer policy
✅ Took them down
✅ Recycled
✅ Not 12ft tall so need a new plan for this last one 😭
✅ No longer policy
✅ Took them down
✅ Recycled
✅ Not 12ft tall so need a new plan for this last one 😭
March 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This is great.
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I know this is going to sound naive or earnest, but I genuinely find myself shocked by how little people seem to be upset by the levels of corruption we're seeing. Is that the median voter assumes everyone is corrupt already? Or isn't actually getting stories about the corruption?
March 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I know this is going to sound naive or earnest, but I genuinely find myself shocked by how little people seem to be upset by the levels of corruption we're seeing. Is that the median voter assumes everyone is corrupt already? Or isn't actually getting stories about the corruption?
This looks like the best case scenario now.
March 4, 2025 at 8:38 AM
This looks like the best case scenario now.
“Under Donald Trump’s leadership, we may disagree with your views, but we will defend your right to offer it in the public square – agree or disagree.”
But the AP is banned from the Oval Office for calling the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico.
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But the AP is banned from the Oval Office for calling the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico.
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JD Vance’s Munich speech laid bare the collapse of the transatlantic alliance
The US vice-president was hypocritical and insensitive, but bracingly clear in his resetting of relationships
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February 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“Under Donald Trump’s leadership, we may disagree with your views, but we will defend your right to offer it in the public square – agree or disagree.”
But the AP is banned from the Oval Office for calling the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
But the AP is banned from the Oval Office for calling the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
This is sophistry, finding ways to say indefensible things in plausible ways. Trump doesn't bother, but that's basically all that's left for Republicans. So that's what they do.
It seems that Vance rather enjoys it.
It seems that Vance rather enjoys it.
Still internalising the Vance Munich speech. A sitting Vice President goes to Europe, barely says a word about the despotic murderous regime which has invaded its neighbour, and instead lectures his allies about freedom of speech. It’d be funny if it weren’t so serious.
February 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This is sophistry, finding ways to say indefensible things in plausible ways. Trump doesn't bother, but that's basically all that's left for Republicans. So that's what they do.
It seems that Vance rather enjoys it.
It seems that Vance rather enjoys it.
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Still internalising the Vance Munich speech. A sitting Vice President goes to Europe, barely says a word about the despotic murderous regime which has invaded its neighbour, and instead lectures his allies about freedom of speech. It’d be funny if it weren’t so serious.
February 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Still internalising the Vance Munich speech. A sitting Vice President goes to Europe, barely says a word about the despotic murderous regime which has invaded its neighbour, and instead lectures his allies about freedom of speech. It’d be funny if it weren’t so serious.
I built this! It only helps answer questions that you could already use advanced search for. But it's a neat way to do it.
The Oxford English Dictionary now offers search assistance using AI. We asked 'Which words share their derivation with Clarion?' and got a list including 'lituate', 'sumphion', and 'ruet'. OED access is free online with an Oxfordshire public library card: www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/libraries/re...
January 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I built this! It only helps answer questions that you could already use advanced search for. But it's a neat way to do it.
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A summary of the human species. Cartoon from last year - that I felt was a bit underappreciated, so I’m sharing it again :)
#earth #humanity #selfdestruction
#earth #humanity #selfdestruction
January 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
A summary of the human species. Cartoon from last year - that I felt was a bit underappreciated, so I’m sharing it again :)
#earth #humanity #selfdestruction
#earth #humanity #selfdestruction
I always appreciate the clear and no-nonsense live news updates from @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social.
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November 25, 2024 at 12:26 PM
I always appreciate the clear and no-nonsense live news updates from @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social.
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It's hard to argue with this.
November 6, 2024 at 9:31 AM
It's hard to argue with this.
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I guess the comforting thing is we’ll never have to sit through another stressful US election ever again.
November 6, 2024 at 9:18 AM
I guess the comforting thing is we’ll never have to sit through another stressful US election ever again.