Howard_S
@howards.bsky.social
Photographer, sometime publisher, friend of Old Headington.
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Are Oxford‘s poorest areas sharing in its prosperity? As billionaires pour more money into the city’s AI and biotech industries, we take a deep dive into gentrification in Oxford and the city’s housing crisis. (With maps and data!) oxfordclarion.uk/gentrifying-...
Gentrifying Oxford vs the left-behinds
Oxford’s poorest areas are not sharing equally in the city’s increased prosperity, new figures suggest.
Parts of Minchery Farm, Rose Hill, and Wood Farm are now suffering more deprivation compared to...
oxfordclarion.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Are Oxford‘s poorest areas sharing in its prosperity? As billionaires pour more money into the city’s AI and biotech industries, we take a deep dive into gentrification in Oxford and the city’s housing crisis. (With maps and data!) oxfordclarion.uk/gentrifying-...
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The Photo Oxford festival has just kicked off with a superb exhibition of Paddy Summerfield’s work in the Weston Library in Broad Street. For the next three weeks there are many other shows and events all over town.
#PhotoOxford
#Photography
#Oxford
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#PhotoOxford
#Photography
#Oxford
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October 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The Photo Oxford festival has just kicked off with a superb exhibition of Paddy Summerfield’s work in the Weston Library in Broad Street. For the next three weeks there are many other shows and events all over town.
#PhotoOxford
#Photography
#Oxford
photooxford.org
#PhotoOxford
#Photography
#Oxford
photooxford.org
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I have today sent the attached open letter to Anneliese Dodds MP
September 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I have today sent the attached open letter to Anneliese Dodds MP
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I've been meaning to write about me, my family and murder for decades and have finally plucked up the courage... open.substack.com/pub/ferguscr...
Me, my family and murder.
I think I must have been about nine.
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September 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I've been meaning to write about me, my family and murder for decades and have finally plucked up the courage... open.substack.com/pub/ferguscr...
Thanks to @oxfordhistory.bsky.social I am reminded that I have some photos from St Giles' Fair taken in the 1980s, www.flickr.com/photos/stanb...
Project 2013, week 5: vintage and retro photos
In this week I focused on some found film, namely a roll I took over 30 years ago at the St Giles Fair, Oxford.
The pictures were probably taken with a Pentax ME Super using Ilford HP5 black and wh...
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September 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Thanks to @oxfordhistory.bsky.social I am reminded that I have some photos from St Giles' Fair taken in the 1980s, www.flickr.com/photos/stanb...
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The finest response I've seen so far.
September 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The finest response I've seen so far.
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First time in half a century that Queen has countenanced one of their songs being published in a language other than English.
And it is beautiful.
youtu.be/gbljPQbxtTQ?....
And it is beautiful.
youtu.be/gbljPQbxtTQ?....
Ndlovu Youth Choir - Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Music Video) isiZulu version
YouTube video by Ndlovu Youth Choir
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September 2, 2025 at 5:27 AM
First time in half a century that Queen has countenanced one of their songs being published in a language other than English.
And it is beautiful.
youtu.be/gbljPQbxtTQ?....
And it is beautiful.
youtu.be/gbljPQbxtTQ?....
July 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Making kids laugh can sometimes be difficult but when you get it just right it’s a brilliant thing!
July 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Making kids laugh can sometimes be difficult but when you get it just right it’s a brilliant thing!
For a moment I thought the French had made a film about a quiet suburb in Oxford, mais non, it's the latest from the director of Midsomar
July 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
For a moment I thought the French had made a film about a quiet suburb in Oxford, mais non, it's the latest from the director of Midsomar
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A doctor is arrested by the police as a terrorist for peacefully protesting against the proscription of Palestine Action, Parliament Square today, from my series ‘Rebellion!’
July 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A doctor is arrested by the police as a terrorist for peacefully protesting against the proscription of Palestine Action, Parliament Square today, from my series ‘Rebellion!’
Sete jousting
Will it be Red or Blue this time? ZV-E10 + Samyang AF 35/2.8 + digital zoom
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July 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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The Viking Sports Club in Old High Street is holding a family fun day on Saturday 26 July 2025 from midday to midnight to celebrate its 75th birthday. Report, including some information about the club's history, here in the Oxford Mail: www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2530853...
July 14, 2025 at 6:59 AM
The Viking Sports Club in Old High Street is holding a family fun day on Saturday 26 July 2025 from midday to midnight to celebrate its 75th birthday. Report, including some information about the club's history, here in the Oxford Mail: www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2530853...
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Another day, another revelation…
July 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Another day, another revelation…
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🚨Clarion exclusive🚨
With Oxford County Council launching a consultation on the proposed congestion charge, we asked Luke Marion of Oxford Bus Company to share his thoughts on tackling what he calls 'Oxford's traffic emergency' to help deliver a world-class bus service in Oxford.👇
With Oxford County Council launching a consultation on the proposed congestion charge, we asked Luke Marion of Oxford Bus Company to share his thoughts on tackling what he calls 'Oxford's traffic emergency' to help deliver a world-class bus service in Oxford.👇
Oxford’s traffic emergency needs a bold approach – Luke Marion on the congestion charge
A temporary congestion charge could be introduced to Oxford this autumn to get the city’s streets moving again. Among its main aims is speeding up bus journey times, currently suffering from queues on...
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July 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🚨Clarion exclusive🚨
With Oxford County Council launching a consultation on the proposed congestion charge, we asked Luke Marion of Oxford Bus Company to share his thoughts on tackling what he calls 'Oxford's traffic emergency' to help deliver a world-class bus service in Oxford.👇
With Oxford County Council launching a consultation on the proposed congestion charge, we asked Luke Marion of Oxford Bus Company to share his thoughts on tackling what he calls 'Oxford's traffic emergency' to help deliver a world-class bus service in Oxford.👇
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Thank you to all who came to support our Open Gardens event on a hot sunny afternoon yesterday. Income from this event helps the Friends in its support of the Conservation Area, as we have done for over 65 years now. We also support other local charities with aims and objectives similar to our own.
June 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Thank you to all who came to support our Open Gardens event on a hot sunny afternoon yesterday. Income from this event helps the Friends in its support of the Conservation Area, as we have done for over 65 years now. We also support other local charities with aims and objectives similar to our own.
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Reset yourself by watching "Ten Meter Tower", a gorgeous 16-minute documentary about people on the edge -- in the nicest possible way. Simple and fascinating. Via @kottke.org.
Ten Meter Tower
For their short film Ten Meter Tower, Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson coaxed dozens of people to jump off of a 10-met
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June 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Reset yourself by watching "Ten Meter Tower", a gorgeous 16-minute documentary about people on the edge -- in the nicest possible way. Simple and fascinating. Via @kottke.org.
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Purple Brown #artbots #rothko
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4878
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4878
June 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Purple Brown #artbots #rothko
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4878
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4878
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It’s the feast day of St Etheldreda of Ely today (23 June), so here is Headington’s Etheldreda Laing, who was named after her. She was an early autochrome photographer, and had a darkroom in her mansion, which she and her husband named Bury Knowle House: www.headington.org.uk/history/famo...
Etheldreda Janet Laing and Headington
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June 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It’s the feast day of St Etheldreda of Ely today (23 June), so here is Headington’s Etheldreda Laing, who was named after her. She was an early autochrome photographer, and had a darkroom in her mansion, which she and her husband named Bury Knowle House: www.headington.org.uk/history/famo...
Excellent article in the Oxford Sausage on one of the gardens open in next week's Open Gardens event here in Old Headington (2:30-5:30, 29 June).
Article with excellent photographs in today’s “Oxford Sausage” about the crinkle-crankle wall at Headington's Ruskin College and the walled garden inside that is looked after by local Headington residents: theoxfordsausage.com/oxfords-crin...
June 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Excellent article in the Oxford Sausage on one of the gardens open in next week's Open Gardens event here in Old Headington (2:30-5:30, 29 June).