After a meticulous restoration and a challenging tow up the Thames, Eddy, the oldest surviving Oxford college barge, is back on the city’s waterways and in search of a permanent home. We spoke to its ...

In a month when the headlines are all full of the Labour Government’s intentions to build 1.5m new homes, no one was expecting that same Government – through its Planning Inspectorate, or PINS for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Oxford Cheese Company in Oxford's Covered Market (Photo by Roger Close) Looking for fresh food, affordable clothes, or simply fed up with trudging round supermarkets? Oxfordshire’s markets might ...

The Oxford City Royal Regatta brought together town and gown for races along the Thames at the weekend. Photo by Roger Close. Oxford’s medieval Bartlemas Chapel celebrated its nonacentennial* on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Banbury MP Sean Woodcock weighs in to the debate on flags, and outlines his thoughts on national pride and Labour's progress in their change agenda. I am immensely proud to call England my home. Our ...

Nigel Farage. Photo by Gage Skidmore, CC-BY-SA 2.0. We have, honestly, no idea. We realise that you come to the Clarion for greater political insight than “sorry, dunno”. But these are strange times.

Is your garden suffering in this uncommonly hot summer? Oxford horticulturist Amandine Lepers-Thornton explains how to future-proof your planting in the age of climate change. Imagine a typical ...