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Oxford may be best known for its dreaming spires and scholarly traditions, but it also holds some fascinating connections to one of the greatest writers in the English language: William Shakespeare.

Trinity College has recently unveiled a unique work from the collaboration between two of the UK’s most celebrated artists: sculptor Antony Gormley and Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College. This striking new artwork, a cast iron door designed by Gormley and inscribed with a poem by Armitage, now stands beside the

Every year, 10th February marks St Scholastica’s Day, a lesser known but significant date in Oxford’s history. While it honours St Scholastica, the twin sister of St Benedict, in Oxford, the date is infamous for one of the bloodiest town-and-gown conflicts ever recorded: the St Scholastica’s Day Riot of 1355. The riot was a defining

Recently the High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, Mr. James Macnamara, Stepped into Oxford to join a group of Oxfordshire residents on a tour of Magdalen College. Step into Oxford is a venture started by a previous High Sheriff, Amanda Ponsonby, who was keen to find events suitable for older people as some were experiencing increased isolation

There’s a stunning exhibition currently on in the Weston Library on 'Chaucer, Then and Now'. Among the books and other objects displayed are the oldest extant manuscript of 'The Canterbury Tales', some beautifully illuminated versions, one showing a man writing who may be Chaucer himself, and representations of the 'Tales' from different periods, different countries

On 22nd November 1963 headlines around the world reported events in Dallas, Texas. President John F Kennedy had just been shot as he rode in a motorcade through the city. A few hours earlier, in a house just outside Oxford, a 64-year-old professor of English Literature breathed his last, his death and that of Aldous