Jane and I enjoyed a wonderful Advent carol service this evening in the Queen’s College chapel. It was a beautiful service in a beautiful setting. Having been doing a fair amount of choral singing myself recently, I particularly enjoyed the … Continue reading →

Today sees the coldest morning so far this winter in Oxford. Technically, if you count winter as just December to February, that is not particularly difficult but, if you were sat here trying to type with hands defrosting from being … Continue reading →

Oxford’s famous Ashmolean Museum had been shut all the time I have lived here due to a process of transformation but it recently reopened and, after an information session at the Computer Services department finished earlier than expected, I popped … Continue reading →

One of my resolutions in coming up to Oxford (almost a year ago!) was to get back into cycling. In December last year I bought a second-hand bike which has served me well but has recently suffered some problems. I … Continue reading →

Yesterday lunchtime I wandered down to the Museum of the History of Science in Broad Street, where they are holding an exhibition of steampunk art. There were some fantastic examples of pseudo-victoriana imagined for the science of the modern age. … Continue reading →

Congratulations to the Oxford Flickr Group who have made the front page of the Flickr site via their Made in Oxford photography exhibition, now showing at the Jam Factory on Hollybush Row. Jane and I popped in to have a … Continue reading →

Jane’s Mum and one of her sisters are coming up to visit today. Jane fancied taking them out for a pub lunch so we made a couple of exploratory visits earlier this week. The results? One miss and one definite … Continue reading →

I have found an online programme for the summer music festival at All Saints, Headington, which I wrote about last week. Want to add something? Please join the conversation about this posting (nb. Yahoo! account required to log into Flickr). … Continue reading →