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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 5m

Hahaha Betteridge's Law!

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 1h

An unexpected archaeological discovery in Oxfordshire County Council’s proposed new HQ could transform our understanding of Oxford’s history. Madeline Odent @oldenoughtosay.com unearths a fascinating site – and floats an intriguing possibility…

oxfordclarion.uk/have-we-foun...

Have we found St Frideswide’s Priory?

An unexpected discovery at Oxfordshire County Council’s proposed new HQ could transform our understanding of Oxford’s history. Madeline Odent explains more… Oxfordshire County Council received some u...

oxfordclarion.uk

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 3h

Here's the brochure (click on 'Download particulars' for the PDF):

conwayscommercial.search-prop.com/properties/3...

16-17 Turl Street, Oxford, Leisure, For Sale - Conway

A Substantial Character Building located in the Heart of the City Centre suitable for a variety of uses - subject to any necessary consents. 16-17 Turl Street, Oxford, Leisure, For Sale - Conway

conwayscommercial.search-prop.com

Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 3h

I miss Turl Street Kitchen:

www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2552415...

Grade II listed building on historic city street put up for sale

A grade II listed building on a historic city street near Oxford Colleges and the Bodleian Library has been put up for sale.

www.oxfordmail.co.uk

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 3h

I take my children to school in a double-decker bus just in case I need to invite fifty of them for tea afterwards.

Actually that sounds like a great idea, but not when every other parent does the same.

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 3h

skill issue

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 4h

It's true - as soon as you buy a bike, it's compulsory to use it for every journey.

You couldn't make it up!

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 19h

Compulsory purchase? It looks like quite a liability. But maybe the council could move into it instead of a Saxon barn …

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 20h

With every year that passes I grow more surprised that this listed building in central Oxford has not yet gone on fire

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/2552402...

One for @oldenoughtosay.com …

Former Chinese takeaway is a 'blot on the landscape'

A former Chinese takeaway near the Westgate centre which cannot be demolished is continuing to deteriorate.

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 21h

That's somewhat reassuring!

Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 21h

'You couldn't make it up!'

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Oxford Pedestrians Association @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social · 1d

This is one of the new 'side road entry treatments' on Banbury Road (at St Margaret's Road).

It's a beautifully level invitation to pedestrians ... and a beautifully unmarked invitation to drivers 🤷

A wide, black, mostly unmarked bellmouth junction masquerading as a continuous pavement

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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 1d

People just want to sit.

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 1d

A parish council in Oxford has refused to install a bench on a quiet side street in case people sit on it and get hit by a car

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/2552131...

#motonormativity

@apiln.bsky.social

Proposed 'eyesore' bench causes outrage among community

Plans for a new artistic bench that have been two years in the making have caused outrage among residents in Botley near an Oxford Brookes campus.

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 1d

'You told us it was just for an art installation and now it turns out it will be USEFUL?!'

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 1d

A parish council in Oxford has refused to install a bench on a quiet side street in case people sit on it and get hit by a car

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/2552131...

#motonormativity

@apiln.bsky.social

Proposed 'eyesore' bench causes outrage among community

Plans for a new artistic bench that have been two years in the making have caused outrage among residents in Botley near an Oxford Brookes campus.

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 1d

Now wondering which of my colleagues are human

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 2d

It's an interesting read: archive.ph/txD1k

'The past is merely the present, yesterday' - all the more reason to remember the sensitivities of visitors in the present, I'd say.

archive.ph

Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 2d

Already responded 👍

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 2d

Not the Oxford Union, which is where edgelords usually play, but the Sheldonian Theatre (although still not officially endorsed by the University).

Free tickets, so tempting to treat him like Katie Hopkins by booking it out then walking out.

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 2d

I’d never heard of this weird American blogger before but somehow he’s been invited to speak at Oxford later this month!

‘Reliably controversial’ 🙄

www.sheldonian.ox.ac.uk/event/oakesh...

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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 2d

The Dawit Isaak Library in Malmö is releasing a special edition of Orwell’s 1984. The book cannot be read, on account of having two spines. The “double bind” is a protest against censorship across the world: malmo.se/boundbookspr...

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 2d

They called us scum, pedos (for some reason) and “Jew haters”. Some of them shouted “pop the boats and drown them all”, unchallenged by their mates. We held up signs like these.

A hand written sign saying “Refugees Welcome” with stars and hearts

A hand written sign saying “Love and Kindness”

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Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 3d

This is like my idea of putting England flags on speed cameras to stop them being cut down by patriotic drivers

Michael F @michaelf617.bsky.social · 3d

I asked a Christian baker to write Charlie Kirk on a gay wedding cake and we've been staring at each other for 39 straight hours now

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Dr Phoenix CS Andrews @thatdocphoenix.com · 3d

Part of why so many genteel pensioners are getting arrested for supporting a proscribed group is because they can afford to be arrested. It’s not just that it’s bad optics to arrest retired vicars or whatever. Lots of those who feel strongest would be at much higher risk and face worse consequences

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 5d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 5d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

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