180 riders took part in a joyous ride through the streets of Oxford today. Oxford’s Kidical Mass is just one of the many rides under this banner around the UK and worldwide this week. Our photographer ...

The Blues played a warm-up match in University Parks yesterday ahead of their Varsity match next week. We hope the warm-up wasn’t too warm. Photo by Roger Close. We have many fans. Not as in “happy ...

First off, what even is an eclipse, and why should you care? Chris explains: “An eclipse is a chance to see the clockwork of the Solar System in action – and to pay attention to something we normally ...

Oxford is the second least affordable place to live in the UK – after Kensington & Chelsea. In this, the first of a five part series of Clarion long reads, we examine why Oxford has such a housing ...

All the news from city and county in a week where the world’s media descended on an obscure Oxfordshire village – and our take on the controversy. Plus mobile reception in the city centre, moth ...

The City Bumps, Oxford’s famous town rowing race, on Sunday – the aim is to "bump" the crew ahead of you without being caught by the crew behind. Photo by Roger Close. Come celebrity spotting with us ...

Oxford from South Park. James Hetherington, Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Opening the Clarion’s Housing Week yesterday, we noted that Oxford is the second most expensive place to live in Britain, after ...

The East Oxford Farmers & Community Market marked its 20 th anniversary over the weekend with a visit from the Lord Mayor of Oxford. Visitors were treated to a bumper market including all the basics ...

This week we’ve examined the challenges in building within the Oxford Ring Road, building upwards, and building in the Green Belt. Where can you build? One answer remains: rural Oxfordshire.

Among Oxfordshire Liberal Democrats’ signature policies has been rolling out 20mph limits. Photo by Ryan Cullen at flickr.com, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0. “And it was all… yellow.” Or orange. Or gold. We’ve ...

The Headington Shark. Photo by Roger Close. We’ve always wanted to lead the newsletter with a photo of the Headington Shark, and this is its week. Plus political whippets, wild swimming, conspicuous ...

Let joy be unconfined! The trains are back. We have everything you need to know about county and city budgets, plus toilets, a furore over a Chinese university and a grave situation in Banbury. Happy ...