#Oxford City

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Chile pressed on with a global ocean treaty, the EU approved a greenwashing law, and a new cancer drug brought hope, plus more good news

An ‘historic’ ocean treaty took a step forward

The EU approved a landmark greenwashing law

Data showed a fall in Amazon deforestation

New cancer drug ‘kinder’ than chemotherapy

The UK set a welcome energy milestone

Dominican Republic latest to trial four-day week

Oxford pioneered a green travel initiative

UK pools could soon be heated by data centres

Positive News headlines appeared on UK streets

Data dispelled doom narratives

Read more from Gavin Haines!

[pers-books]

I went out for my weekly postbox bagging walk this morning in the glorious sunshine and chilly wind and as well as bagging 3 postboxes, I also snapped the following things which caught my eye in passing:

This is the new Siew-Sngiem Clocktower and Sukum Navampam Gate at the front of Harris Manchester College, both named for their principal benefactors. Both are the work of Yiangou Architects whose commission had been to produced an addition to the streetscape with ‘jewel-like quality’.

A notable feature of the tower is the six-faced clock made by Derby  Clockmakers. Beneath carved in stone, facing the street, is the legend: “It’s later than you think.” To the right is carved: “But it’s never too late.”

The first is a saying from WH Auden’s poem Consider This and In Our Time - the whole is the college’s motto since Harris Manchester College is for mature students.

And the doorway of the college caught my eye for all the stone carvings around it:

A pair of wooden doors surrounding by a stone archway from which protrude at intervals stone carvings of flowers and creatures.

Then there were the four workmen abseiling down the front of the Radcliffe Camera in order to clean the stonework. Sooner them than me, to be frank!

Then there’s Oxford’s ‘Bridge of Sighs’, more properly the Hertford Bridge, which I had to try to snap three times before I managed to get it without cyclists or passersby in shot! It joins two parts of Hertford College across New College Lane and it was designed by Thomas Graham Jackson, being completed in 1914.

Cast iron pump in the corner of St Mary’s Passage alongside the University Church of St Mary the Virgin. (I’ve no idea if it still works!)

Green Man carving on the door of the former City Arms pub (now part of Brasenose College).

Centre: University Church of St Mary the Virgin; Left: Radcliffe Camera; Right: Brasenose College.

This doorway into the Department for International Development caught my eye because of the multiple stone arches above it.

[thisdrinkinglife]

Some retro: Oxford City v Worcester City - Second goal and Worcester City fans (2012)

[therealefl]

Peterborough United Star Linked With Shock Exit

Peterborough United’s Kabongo Tshimanga has been linked with an exit, as he has been the subject of a bid from League Two side Wrexham, as revealed by TEAMtalk. The Welsh side are currently without last season’s top goalscorer Paul Mullin, who was injured in a pre-season clash with Manchester United, puncturing his lung following a collision with the United goalkeeper. Wrexham manager Phil…

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Instagram credit: comewithkris

[literatureaesthetic]

18th april '24 — london

this was such a special trip for me. my first time travelling entirely on my own, discovering and falling in love with a city. i've been to london a few times growing up, but i've never had the chance to really explore and live in it until now. forever an experience i'll cherish <3

[fuckitandmovetobritain]

England: Winchester, Lincoln, Allerford, Kynance Cove, Winchester, Beachy Head, Oxford, Orford, Norwich, Lyme Regis, Berwick-Upon-Tweed

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The mellow stone of Oxford University warms in the evening light

[student-by-day]

just finished my first wk of uni, which means it's abt time to return to studyblr after being on hiatus for years (?!?) 🥲

[l1fe1nf0cu5]

My Oxford

[dreamgirlstudy]

i’d hoped leaving london would be easier this time, since i’d already done it before. hurt just the same as i remember :’’)

[chronicallychlo]

saturday night, sunset vibes

[darkparisian]

I love to study in Paris

[therealefl]

Oxford City Land Promotion Hero

Newly promoted Oxford City have confirmed the return of goalkeeper Chris Haigh from Ebbsfleet United on a season-long loan deal, as confirmed via a statement on the club’s website. The 26-year-old played a starring role in the club’s play-off campaign last season, after joining on an emergency loan deal at the end of the 2022/23 season and becoming the club’s first signing of the summer. Who is…

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4th april '24 — cafe hopping in oxford ☕️