Cricket buffs will be familiar with the name of Gilbert Jessop, one of the hardest-hitting batsmen of his or indeed any other era, long...

These photographs, kindly supplied by Peter Martin, show some of the events on Levellers Day which fell on Saturday 17 May. The event...

Work to repair the damaged parapet on Burford bridge has finally started. The workers told us that they have been waiting for nearly a...

Wassily Kandinsky and the Birth of Abstraction One of the pioneers of abstract modern art, Wassily Kandinsky exploited the evocative...

The photo was taken on a school day and shows tourist coaches parked across the front of Burford Primary School. Burford Town Council is...

For some time it has been possible to read the latest news from our area on the blog section of this website.  This is important as there...

Oxfordshire Artweeks, the UK’s oldest and biggest open studios and pop-up exhibition event, returns to Oxfordshire this year for three...

These photographs show the opening of the new playground on the field in Burford. Those shown are Cllr Jo Rushton, chairman of the...

The Witney Gazette says that the brand spanking new park and ride next to the A40 at Eynsham is nearly complete. But there is just one...

We have many dog lovers among our readers, and dogs make great pets. Man's best friend and all that (or perhaps we should say...

1929-2024 We were sorry to learn of the death on 9 April of one of Burford’s most notable residents, Hugh Ellis-Rees.  Hugh had a...

Here is some information about the next Arts Society lecture which will take place at 11.00am on Wednesday 10 April in the Warwick Hall,...

Stephen Cooper writes about events since he became Chairman. I am so pleased and proud to have taken over as Chairman from Peter Martin,...

It’s not very often that you hear laughter during a performance of classical music but chuckles ran through the audience in Burford...

We recently encountered an attempted scam which we had not heard about before.  We put an item for sale on Facebook Marketplace.  We were...

Bourton-on-the-Water parish council has voted to restrict the access of coaches to their village after complaints about parking problems...

Oxford City Council has dropped the phrase "15-minute city" from its plans. The idea had been that Oxford should be a city where...

Local residents will be protected from being pushed out of their communities by excessive short-term lets thanks to changes in planning...

In our February edition we reported that Jean Taubenheim would be celebrating her 100th birthday on 26 February. Sadly she did not reach...