Tonight I had the pleasure of speaking to the Bicester Local History Society at the Clifton Centre, kindly invited by my good friend and fellow…
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There are some weekends that remind you exactly why community matters. Today was one of them. I had the great pleasure of opening the One…
Comments closedThis evening I was the guest of the Mayor of at a reception to thank the voluntary organisations of the town. It was one of…
Comments closedI have written recently about a carol service at HMP Huntercombe that will stay with me for a very long time. Today’s visit belongs in…
Comments closedA small but important clarification at the outset: it’s St John, not St John’s. They’re every bit as precise about that as the Scouts are…
Comments closedLast night’s Annual Dinner of the Oxford University Officers’ Training Corps was one of those occasions that manages to feel both timeless and thoroughly contemporary.…
Comments closedA cold February evening is not the night for boating on the Thames. But it was very much the right night to be at TS…
Comments closedAn early celebration of Lunar New Year took place this morning at , on a day that was about as bleak and rain-soaked as an…
Comments closedTonight’s High Sheriff of Oxfordshire’s Law Lecture was one of those occasions that reminds me why this ancient role still matters. We gathered in the…
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