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Man about town
3:15pm Friday 21st November 2008
I’m 47, so by my calculations, 31 years ago I would never have believed I might consider a Sunday stroll around a National Trust property as a recipe for a perfect day out (and in case you’re wondering; the above photgraph IS current...).
Comments (0)Cabbages & Kings
5:11pm Thursday 20th November 2008
IN his well-worn all-weather jacket, old jeans, shoes that have not seen polish, and several days’ stubble on his ever-smiling face, Uttan Sanjet looks more like a sherpa than the miracle-worker he unquestionably is.
Cyclists fit bill for romance
5:01pm Monday 17th November 2008
If you haven’t been out in it, just looking out of the window you can’t have failed to have noticed that autumn is well and truly here. That lovely smell of old leaves, the colours, and all the windy weather, ahh just great. It’s not too hot for a really long cycle-ride and not too cold to freeze the balls of a brass monkey (as they say...).
Art? It's just child's play
6:07pm Friday 14th November 2008
But is it art? That’s what I asked myself while attending a recent exhibition of works by young artists. And when I say ‘artists’, I am of course referring to the kind that have just left art or design college.
The mystery of the Unicorn
6:01pm Thursday 13th November 2008
According to Moses in that bestseller, The Holy Bible, the horns of Joseph are like unicorns – mysterious and limited in availability.
The Insider
6:12pm Wednesday 12th November 2008
Because councils come up with the most wonderful — and impractical — ideas we are sure, somewhere in every town and county hall, there is a Department for You Couldn’t Make It Up.
Watch out, there's bike theft about
5:49pm Monday 10th November 2008
As I was cycling to Amit and Ajay’s on Sunday morning to get some eggs and milk, I passed a scene of considerable consternation outside a large student house on Cowley Road. They were remonstrating and pointing at the wall beneath the front bay window. I deciphered the giant-scissor chopping motions from one student and understood the violent ripping action enacted by another.
Man's guide to shopping
6:56pm Friday 7th November 2008
Is anything more pitiful than watching men wait patiently outside department store dressing rooms for their girlfriends to emerge, chrysalis-like, from last season’s clothes into this season’s must-have wardrobe?
Cabbages & Kings
6:29pm Thursday 6th November 2008
Thecamera crew seemed bent on self-destruction, standing as it did in the middle of High Street, while buses, vans and cars passed inches from the tripod.
The Insider
6:28pm Wednesday 5th November 2008
IAN Hudspeth’s feathers were well and truly ruffled when we pointed out last week how it appeared a little odd that in literature pumped out to promote the long-term vision of pedestrianising Oxford, a picture of a bus appeared.
Fresh start to cycling in city
6:11pm Monday 3rd November 2008
Going through town the other day I noticed lots of ‘Freshers’ (first year students) about.
Mystery of maths
7:32pm Thursday 30th October 2008
Mathematics was always a mystery. Despite the hair-tearing efforts of Caradoc Williams, a teacher now performing in that great Eisteddfod in the sky, I absorbed nothing of Pythagoras or his chums.
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