Tag Archives: Oxford

Homeless, Oxford 

Posted on December 18, 2016 by
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Multiculti

Posted on October 25, 2016 by

A glorious concert from Pink Martini in Oxford. From my Times review: This is the side of America we aren’t seeing much of: open-minded, optimistic and outward-looking. If one band could repair the country’s image abroad, it would have to … Continue reading →

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Jaws

Posted on January 8, 2016 by

On a trip to Oxford today, I couldn’t resist parking near a Headington landmark.

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Notebook

Posted on July 24, 2015 by

Since last I kept you my neglected,  imperfect,  haphazard diary much seems to have happened.  I have twice spoken in the House of Commons, been to America,  dined with Kings,  recovered and lost again my high spirits. No one now … Continue reading →

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Ashmolean

Posted on March 28, 2015 by

In Oxford today for the James Gillray exhibition. (Cartoonist Martin Rowson offers his take on the show in the Guardian.)

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Notebook

Posted on March 16, 2015 by

Though Britain was still struggling out of austerity, the meals at Christ Church high table were more luxurious than anything I’d come across before. It was there that I first tasted oysters — and thought wonderingly of my mother’s taste … Continue reading →

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Kanye West: having his cake & eating it

Posted on March 5, 2015 by

Consumerism is the enemy, sort of. From his speech to students at Oxford earlier this week:

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Inside the bubble

Posted on October 1, 2014 by

“Those people who get parachuted in, they’ve never had a life!” Good, angry piece by the Guardian’s Carole Cadwalladr on how party politics is in danger of becoming a game for a select few. And journalism, as we all know, … Continue reading →

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