Oxford Clarion

The most dramatic change to Oxford city centre this century broke cover this week. Plus thousands of new homes around Oxfordshire, politics, university news, electric go-karts, and buses. So many buses. This week’s top stories Oxford could get a new city centre public square as part of ambitious plans

Water, water, everywhere… and not a drop to drink. If you’re in West Oxfordshire, that is. Also this week: new tourist attractions at Oxford Castle, another Larry Ellison endeavour in Littlemore, pubs, walking, cycling, and our curated selection of events and weekend reading. Read on! This week’s long

Many Clarion readers will have passed through the maternity ward of the John Radcliffe Hospital, whether as an infant or a parent. It is a place with which Oxfordshire, literally, has a familial bond. But recently it hasn’t all been happy families. On Thursday, Baroness Amos published her Interim

* That’s ‘Oxford Clarion’ in Welsh. It’s St David’s Day on Sunday! Scroll down for our suggestions. Plus a bumper batch of city news, walking and cycling, the best events, election musings and your weekend indie reading. This week’s long reads Oxfordshire’s councils are being reorganised

It is (in no particular order) Shrove Tuesday, Chinese New Year, and starting tonight, Ramadan. Which is a pretty wonderful representation of our gloriously diverse city. We hope you enjoy whatever you're celebrating. Crispy (vegan?) duck pancakes after dark? See you at the (newly reopened) Red Star. This

The weather is warm(ish) and it’s nearly Valentine’s Day. Which means, for the Oxfordshire toad population, at least, it’s baby-making time.  Toad migrations You’d be forgiven for thinking that toads just hang out around their ponds doing amphibious things forever. But once they’ve completed