A new High Sheriff for Oxfordshire

This afternoon, Mark and I had the real pleasure of joining around a thousand people at Oxford Town Hall for the 2026 Lunar New Year Celebration, organised by Oxfordshire Chinese Community & Advice Centre. Lunar New Year is the most important festival in the Chinese calendar. It is about family, tradition, food, colour, music and…

This morning could not have been more beautiful. Clear blue sky. Proper February sunshine. The sort that makes you forget how saturated the winter has been. The ground, however, had not forgotten. Within minutes of arriving at Hill End, it was clear my shoes were not going to survive the experience. The paths were gloriously…

Tonight, Mark and I had the enormous pleasure of being guests of RAF Brize Norton – and what an evening it was. The highlight? A breathtaking display of precision parachuting from the RAF Falcons, Britain’s only military parachute display team. Watching them descend from the skies in perfect formation, trailing smoke and landing bang on…

It was a real delight earlier this evening to pull back the curtain on a brand-new commemorative plaque at The Leys College – a moment that marks not just a change of name, but a renewed sense of purpose for this important place of learning in the heart of the Oxfordshire community. Until recently, the…