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Making kids laugh can sometimes be difficult but when you get it just right it’s a brilliant thing!

Film poster for the movie Eddington, directed by Ari Aster, of Midsomar fame.

For a moment I thought the French had made a film about a quiet suburb in Oxford, mais non, it's the latest from the director of Midsomar

Vincennes Paris

Paris nighttime

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A man being carried by three police officers in uniform

A doctor is arrested by the police as a terrorist for peacefully protesting against the proscription of Palestine Action, Parliament Square today, from my series ‘Rebellion!’

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Sete jousting Will it be Red or Blue this time? ZV-E10 + Samyang AF 35/2.8 + digital zoom

Jousting in Sete

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The Viking Sports Club in Old High Street is holding a family fun day on Saturday 26 July 2025 from midday to midnight to celebrate its 75th birthday. Report, including some information about the club's history, here in the Oxford Mail: www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2530853...

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Ceci n'est pas un poissonnerie Quayside, Sete. If there's one thing they don't sell here it's fish. I think this qualifies as a freshly minted ghost sign.

Ceci n'est pas un poissonnerie

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Photographers, all the way up! Reflections in a modern artwork, outside the Musée Calvet, Avignon

Photographers all the way up

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The real 500 Miles: how a smash hit was spun from lies, deceit and desperation Craig and Charlie Reid found fame and fortune with the story of their 1,000 mile walk. We can reveal that the truth behind it is very different.

Another day, another revelation…

Oxford’s traffic emergency needs a bold approach – Luke Marion on the congestion charge A temporary congestion charge could be introduced to Oxford this autumn to get the city’s streets moving again. Among its main aims is speeding up bus journey times, currently suffering from queues on...

🚨Clarion exclusive🚨
With Oxford County Council launching a consultation on the proposed congestion charge, we asked Luke Marion of Oxford Bus Company to share his thoughts on tackling what he calls 'Oxford's traffic emergency' to help deliver a world-class bus service in Oxford.👇

The busy plant stall at Open Gardens

An ancient stone tank with water plants

A garden view

A spectacular wild orchid

Thank you to all who came to support our Open Gardens event on a hot sunny afternoon yesterday. Income from this event helps the Friends in its support of the Conservation Area, as we have done for over 65 years now. We also support other local charities with aims and objectives similar to our own.

This weekend: the Friends of Old Headington Open Gardens, Sunday 29 June, 2:30-5:30

Ten Meter Tower For their short film Ten Meter Tower, Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson coaxed dozens of people to jump off of a 10-met

Reset yourself by watching "Ten Meter Tower", a gorgeous 16-minute documentary about people on the edge -- in the nicest possible way. Simple and fascinating. Via @kottke.org.

Smashed Up Tinsel Car is the name of my new band.

Purple Brown

Purple Brown #artbots #rothko
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Etheldreda Janet Laing and Headington

It’s the feast day of St Etheldreda of Ely today (23 June), so here is Headington’s Etheldreda Laing, who was named after her. She was an early autochrome photographer, and had a darkroom in her mansion, which she and her husband named Bury Knowle House: www.headington.org.uk/history/famo...

Excellent article in the Oxford Sausage on one of the gardens open in next week's Open Gardens event here in Old Headington (2:30-5:30, 29 June).

Poster for the Open Gardens event: 2:30 – 5:30pm on Sunday 29 June 2025. Admission to all gardens: £5 (£3 members) Accompanied children - free WI teas & cakes at the Village Hall Plant stall in St Andrew’s Road Tickets are available on the day at participating gardens or at the Friends’ desk in St Andrew’s Road Proceeds in support of the Friends and local charities

Coming next Sunday 29 June 2:30-5:30 - the Friends of Old Headington Open Gardens; details in the poster.

W.I. teas in the village hall and plant stall in St Andrew's Road.

Thanks, Tony. I have a pedal bike to revive, pro tem. Even so the Hill here will be a challenge ...

If anyone sees my old Gazelle e-bike about town, do shout!

Stolen, probably, yesterday from #Headington. Eight years old, non-matching front forks, declining battery, dependable.

Sadly the French have beaten you to it. Their 0% cider is 'jus de pomme'.

An aerial view of some salt marsh at Cuckmere Haven in Sussex

This to me looks like an angry chick tossing away a worm, but in fact it is part of the valley bottom at Cuckmere Haven in Sussex.

#aerials #dronephotography #cuckmerehaven #sussex #lookingdown #britainfromabove #coast #djimini3pro

Becky Carlyle, Headington Liveable Streets: “The filters are key to reducing through traffic in Headington, Marston and Lye Valley and protecting bus services. However, once filters are active, Headington needs additional measures: extra bus services, a private school shuttle bus, parking controls.”

Legal challenge to Oxford’s LTNs withdrawn A crowdfunded legal challenge to the Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in East Oxford and Cowley has been withdrawn after King’s Counsel advised it would “likely fail”. The crowdfunder was launched by Recon...

A legal challenge to Oxford’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods has been withdrawn after advice concluded it would “likely fail”. Full report – in which we ask who’s funding opposition to the Oxford traffic measures: oxfordclarion.uk/legal-challe...

Some unusual visitors to St Andrew's Road in #Headington, #Oxford today.

Private Sign Do Not Read

What's your sign?

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Neurodiversity, creativity and genius: on Brian Wilson He was hyper-sensitised to sound and able to write modern symphonies; he also found social etiquette and self-promotion impossible. Many people will recognise that cognitive style

Latest Maybe I'm Amazed Substack from me: on neurodiversity, creativity, genius & Brian Wilson. It's free, as are subscriptions
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