Oxford
A variety of shoe, typically made of heavy leather.
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Environment Bank is seeking a Rural Land Manager. Permanent. Location: Oxford – Northampton – Reading c-js.uk/42RBlU4
Senior Land Manager position also with Environment Bank. Permanent. Location: Oxford – Northampton – Reading c-js.uk/4n8K7Xa
Polls open tomorrow for Oxford City, Cherwell and West Oxfordshire. Here at OLS, we don't back parties but we do care about policies that work toward fairer streets, neighbourhoods and places that centre health, wellb…
🎉HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY!🎉 20 years ago #LOFC went to Oxford & sealed promotion from League 2 with a dramatic 3-2 win. Goals coming from Craig Easton, Gary Alexander & Lee Steele, a captains performance from John M…
🚫 12:00 Oxford → London Paddington 🚫 Cancelled 📍 This service has been cancelled because of a safety inspection of the track #Oxford #LondonPaddington #GWR Replan your journey with the On Rails app iOS: https://app…
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derived from the city in England.
Earlier this month a technical glitch involving LTN data resulted in dozens of roads in Oxford incorrectly appearing as closed on satellite navigation devices.
“do you think when the printing press was invented some 400 years after the university of Oxford was founded there was some former degenerate gambler who argued that the proliferation of the printed word would kill the need for schools? I would bet so”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Super excited to come to Oxford next week to present my new book with @universitypress.cambridge.org!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Yeah, I think it was a typeface thing and as computers became standard people finally realized it wasn’t needed. I’m pro Oxford comma but sometimes have clients who don’t use it and it’s so annoying.”
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— Bluesky· May 2026“Yeah, and the way that you had people go 'it would erase our history' - literally no-one has ever seen the Rhodes statue in Oxford. They basically were hiding it from the getgo!”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(usually attributive) A type of basket weave cotton fabric used for clothing.
I was amazed at the sight of such a medley of things. The newest shapes in straw hats were lying side by side with camp ovens and frying-pans, while flannel and Oxford shirts, together with wideawake felt hats, vests, collars, and ties, …
“Environment Bank is seeking a Rural Land Manager. Permanent. Location: Oxford – Northampton – Reading c-js.uk/42RBlU4”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Senior Land Manager position also with Environment Bank. Permanent. Location: Oxford – Northampton – Reading c-js.uk/4n8K7Xa”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Polls open tomorrow for Oxford City, Cherwell and West Oxfordshire. Here at OLS, we don't back parties but we do care about policies that work toward fairer streets, neighbourhoods and places that centre health, wellbeing and connection. Here's what we've been reading. 🧵 👇🏽”
— Bluesky· May 2026“🎉HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY!🎉 20 years ago #LOFC went to Oxford & sealed promotion from League 2 with a dramatic 3-2 win. Goals coming from Craig Easton, Gary Alexander & Lee Steele, a captains performance from John Mackie and Barry Hearn joining in the celebrations at FT!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“🚫 12:00 Oxford → London Paddington 🚫 Cancelled 📍 This service has been cancelled because of a safety inspection of the track #Oxford #LondonPaddington #GWR Replan your journey with the On Rails app iOS: https://apple.co/4bPigEE Android: https://goo.gl/18xEYa”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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A variety of shoe, typically made of heavy leather.
“Angel of Suffering, for St. Catherine Window, Christ Church, Oxford; verso: blank https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/185878”
— Bluesky· May 2026“📅 Save the date: 9 July 2026 🎓 The IFST Oxford Food Summit returns for its second year, bringing together leading voices from across academia, industry and policy to explore one of the most pressing challenges of our time: Driving Food System Change.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Results of the Oxford Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence Race 1: www.oxonraces.co.uk#results”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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