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In brief: CS Lewis’s Oxford; True Love; Loosely Based on a Made-Up Story – review

A fascinating study of CS Lewis’s years in his adopted city; an excellent gritty romance by Paddy Crewe; and James Blunt enters the music memoir hall of fame

The Guardian - UK

Recent Books on the Constitution

My seminar picks for 2024 (and every year since 2005).

Reason

UK woman admits helping end life of terminally ill son

Antonya Cooper, from Oxford, made admission to help efforts to change law on assisted dying

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Oxford University student dies in River Thames while ‘celebrating end of exams’

Thames Valley Police has launched an investigation after the 19-year-old’s death on Friday

The Independent UK

Fran Jones plans for future on Oxford University visit with Emma Raducanu

Jones is preparing to make her return to Wimbledon for the first time since 2021.

The Independent UK

Toddler died after becoming trapped in her grandparent’s reclining chair, inquest finds

Emaan Raza was found unresponsive at her grandparent’s home address in Tawney Street, Oxford

The Independent UK

Looking for an outdoor swim spot? 'Rare' Oxfordshire lake for sale for £100,000

Duke’s Lake, three miles from Oxford station, is part of a 30.83 acre plot which also contains agricultural land

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Sir John Boardman obituary

Archaeologist who became a leading authority on the history of Greek art, with a particular interest in gems and finger rings

The Guardian - UK

What parents in Michigan – and everywhere – should know about secure gun storage after the Crumbley convictions

During the recent trial of James Crumbley, the father of the Oxford, Michigan school shooter, prosecutor Karen McDonald demonstrated the use of the cable lock that federal law mandates sellers provide with the 9 mm handgun used in the mass shooting.

The Conversation

Which Oxford philosopher devised the trolley problem? The Saturday quiz

From Kaun Banega Crorepati to Lot’s wife, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Guardian - UK

The Merry Wives of Windsor offers strong evidence that Shakespeare was not its author

Letter: Derek Jacobi and Margo Anderson on how local lore and biographical specificity found in the comedy point to the 17th Earl of Oxford, Edward de Vere, as its writer

The Guardian - UK

Oxford University to return bronze sculpture of Hindu saint to India

Oxford University has agreed to return a 500-year-old bronze sculpture of a Hindu saint to India

The Independent UK

In brief: History in the House; Rabbits; Summer in Baden-Baden – review

A study of Christ Church, Oxford, brings its characters to life, Hugo Rifkind skewers posh-boy mores in his new novel, and an underappreciated Soviet author returns to the spotlight

The Guardian - UK

Oxford University to return 500-year-old sculpture of Hindu saint to India

Indian high commission made claim bronze depicting Tirumankai Alvar which it believes may have been looted

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Imperial College beats Oxford and Cambridge in global university rankings for first time

London university jumps four places from last year to take second spot behind MIT

Evening Standard

London leavers: 'We sold our home in Northolt to build our own house on a £209k plot of land in Oxfordshire'

Bart and Klaudia Wilczynski estimate their self-build project is now worth £900,000

Evening Standard

Investigation after swastikas found in Oxford college toilets

Markings found at Regent’s Park College where pro Palestine rally held

The Guardian - UK

‘Loud-mouthed bully’: CS Lewis satirised Oxford peer in secret poems

Exclusive: Chronicles of Narnia author detested HC Wyld so intensely he wrote mocking verse in a copy of his own book

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Oxford student productions of Shakespeare have a very long history of engaging professionals

Letter: And Ben Jonson was invited for a stint at Christ Church, Oxford, in the late 1610s, writes Daniel Blank

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Rishi Sunak accused of scaremongering over UK students’ Gaza protest camps

Academics call for government to avoid inflaming situation but Jewish students say they want to feel safe

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‘They’re teaching me’: Greg Doran on staging Shakespeare’s unloved Two Gents with students

The theatre director, now teaching at Oxford after years running the RSC, thinks The Two Gentlemen of Verona is perfect for a young cast to argue over. We go into rehearsals

The Guardian - UK

‘Eugenics on steroids’: the toxic and contested legacy of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute

Founded in 2005 and lauded by Silicon Valley, the Nick Bostrom’s centre for studying existential risk warned about AI but also gave rise to cultish ideas such as effective altruism

Cycling Weekly

Why the best commute will always be aboard my old steel fixie

Charming, simple, and always a great workout, this is the perfect town bike

The Guardian - UK

David Marquand obituary

Politics professor, writer and Labour MP who also stood as an SDP candidate and moved to Plaid Cymru in 2016

The Guardian - UK

Clustering of AI firms in south and east of England will foil levelling up – report

Hi-tech ‘golden triangle’ of Oxford, Cambridge and London risks deeper regional inequalities, says thinktank

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