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BOARDING school accommodation, a cabin used by a food bank, and repairs to a university building are among the latest plans in Oxford.

Gurugram : Summer Fields School today organised a vocational training workshop to upgrade the skills of DLF support staff and community members with a 4-month basic computer language course. The session also aimed to familiarise participants with onl

The sun eventually shone as about 5,000 runners set off on the Muscular Dystrophy UK Oxford Town and Gown 10k run this morning.

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Uri Vardi & Christoper Taylor July 29, 2021 media release: Professor of cello Uri Vardi and professor of piano Christopher Taylor present two Brahms cello sonatas and a set of six Brahms lieders. Uri Vardi has performed as a recitalist, soloist, and chamber player across the United States, Europe, South America, Asia, and his native Israel. Born in Szeged, Hungary, Vardi grew up on kibbutz Kfar Hahoresh, Israel. He studied at the Rubin Academy in Tel Aviv, was an artist diploma student at India...

Sometimes communication goes beyond words. For Fernando Boris and Natalia Garbe, their language is working with animals. Originally from Cordoba, Argentina, Mr Boris and Mrs Garbe worked as vets at the Universidad Catolica de Santa Fe, where Mr Boris was the dean, before moving to New Zealand. “Some people like to climb a mountain or go swimming, but we like to read about vets,” Mr Boris said. “It’s a passion.” Now living in Richmond, north of Oamaru, the couple and their sons, Julian...

The Scottish painter Joan Eardley (1921–63) first visited the small Aberdeenshire fishing village of Catterline in 1950, shortly after graduating from art school; for the rest of her life, she divided her time between Glasgow and the North East. She was entranced both by the village and by the ‘vast seas, vast areas of cliff’ beyond it, which she depicted in her vivid, gestural landscapes – completed outdoors in habitually inclement conditions. This display at the recently reopened Nati...

Country Life Trending: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has put his country house in Thame up for rent, a house which comes complete with swimming pool and tennis court. It may not be quite as grand as Chequers, but Boris Johnson’s country cottage is available to rent for those wishing to follow in the Prime Ministerial footsteps — or simply enjoy rural Oxfordshire. Strutt & Parker are seeking £4,250 pcm for Grade II-listed The Old Farm House, which is set at the end of a single-track lan...

Updated: February 18, 2021, 5:43 pm © Supplied by Clan Macpherson Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Sir William Alan Macpherson of Cluny was the 27th hereditary chief of the Clan Macpherson of Cluny (Cluny-Macpherson) and marked 50 years as chief in June 2019. He was, however, better known to many as one of the UK’s m...

Sir William Macpherson of Cluny and Blairgowrie, who led the report into the Metropolitan Police after the murder of Stephen Lawrence, has passed…