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Every bookshop in Oxford

Every bookshop in Oxford

Oxford is a city of books and bookshops. Reporting on a new opening in the city centre encouraged your Clarion team to think about their favourites ... Independent bookshops Caper, Magdalen Road Children's books, cookery books, and more in East Oxford's Magdalen Road Village since 2023. There’

College cats of Oxford

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 of fluff with the steely eyes proved so popular that we got repeated

Playtime in St Giles’

Playtime in St Giles’

In a city where the smallest change to how we get around creates headlines, it might come as a surprise that the widest street in the city centre is closed for two days each year... for a funfair. But Oxford is also a city which enjoys tradition. St Giles’ Fair

A panoramic view of a mural with bold colourful figures of plants and animals

Why wasn't I consulted? How local consultations work

This is a story about Flower Lane. It’s a story about what you can do with and without asking. Two neighbours decided to brighten up an alleyway used by children walking and cycling to Larkrise School in East Oxford. Dawn and Lesley, the ‘Flower Ladies’, started with flowerpots, then