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Yesterday Mark and I spent a full shift with the neighbourhood policing team in Bicester, accompanying PCSOs Lou and Jules as they went about their work in the town centre, and later heading out with Lou across her wide rural patch. It was one of those days that quietly but powerfully reinforced just how important…
From Saewold to Weston
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 villager, Bob Hessian. It was a wet February evening – the sort that would have given everyone a perfectly respectable excuse to stay at home – yet the room was…
Speaking up for cats in Westminster
Yesterday afternoon, the sun shone on the Terrace of the House of Commons, and it felt as though the whole place was full to bursting with people speaking up for cats. Cats Protection’s Parliamentary Reception was, quite simply, a joy. There was afternoon tea. There were games. There were cat-shaped biscuits. And there was one…
The First Big Conversation – Thame
On 15 April, we held the first in a series of High Sheriff’s Big Conversations—a countywide programme of early morning gatherings designed to listen to the needs of young people and the adults who support them. This first conversation took place in the historic Thame Town Hall, thanks to the kind support of Thame Town…
A festive evening with Oxfordshire Youth
Tonight was one of those evenings that leaves you both energised and quietly proud. As both Chair of Trustees at Oxfordshire Youth and High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, I had the joy of joining supporters, partners and friends from across the business and civic community for our annual gift-wrapping night. And what an evening it was….
