The Latest Breaking News from Oxford

Michel Treisman obituary

Other lives: Lecturer and reader in experimental psychology who was a fount of eclectic information

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023

A load of old bollards: Oxford LTN residents defend scheme after attacks

Residents in St Mary’s, home to ‘Britain’s most hated bollard’, say streets feel safer and more sociable without traffic

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023

Main rail line to close until June due to a wobbly bridge

Passengers between the north of England and the south coast are being advised to travel via Bristol or London instead

The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2023

‘Making a book is an extraordinary thing’: Pip Williams on the invisible history of female bookbinders

The bestselling author of The Dictionary of Lost Words shares the spark behind her new novel, The Bookbinder of Jericho – filling the ‘blank spaces’ around the women who worked at Oxford University Press

The Guardian - AU · Mar 27, 2023

Pip Williams shows how World War I transformed women's lives, in a new novel that captures the 'poetic materiality' of books

Pip Williams describes her new novel, The Bookbinder of Jericho, as both follow-up and companion to her 2020 debut, The Dictionary of Lost Words.

The Conversation · Mar 26, 2023

Cambridge win men’s and women’s Oxford-Cambridge Boat Races 2023

Both Cambridge men’s and women’s teams were victorious in the annual Boat Race on the Thames

Evening Standard · Mar 26, 2023

The Boat Races: Cambridge sweep past Oxford to claim men’s and women’s titles – as it happened

Cambridge’s women won for the sixth time in a row, then Cambridge’s men took a closer tussle to record their the fourth triumph in five races

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2023

Matt Smith: 2003 Boat Race will remain ‘greatest we will ever see’

Smith’s Oxford crew crossed the finish line just one foot ahead of the Cambridge boat.

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2023

Michigan school shooter's parents can face trial for manslaughter, court rules

The parents of a teenager who killed four students at Oxford High School can face trial, the state appeals court said in a groundbreaking case of criminal responsibility for the acts of a child.

WEKU · Mar 23, 2023

Indulge in the food of Ancient Greece at a new London dining experience

The Labyrinth menu at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park offers food inspired by the delicacies of Ancient Greece

Wallpaper · Mar 23, 2023