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From Banbury Cake to Oxford Sauce

From Banbury Cake to Oxford Sauce

We fell down a rabbit hole reading about Oxford sausages. “Rabbit hole” is itself an Oxford University phrase, of course. While perusing various archive recipes to find exactly what should go into an Oxford sausage, we discovered a cornucopia of city and county food, historic and modern. (Not including rabbits,

Oxford Space Systems building at Harwell Campus

You can see them from space: Oxford Space Systems

Later this year, a rocket will blast off from Florida carrying a satellite made by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL). It’s a demonstration radar satellite, and on board, making an ambitious mission possible with a satellite the size of washing-machine, is the radar dish – or more accurately, the antenna

The airfield where flying taxis rub shoulders with pre-war Rolls Royces

The airfield where flying taxis rub shoulders with pre-war Rolls Royces

A vegan festival, flying taxis, and vintage Rolls Royces converted to electric may seem like strange bedfellows, but these and more are taking shape on a converted airfield on the edge of Bicester. The site of RAF Bicester has been home to heritage vehicle preservation since 2013, but now it

May Morning – an Oxford tradition

May Morning – an Oxford tradition

On 1 May thousands of people will congregate on Magdalen Bridge, listen to some children sing madrigals up a tower, then go watch some trees dancing to melodeons before going to find a bacon sandwich. All before 8am. Only in Oxford! Here's everything you need to know. It&