Cabbages and Kings
	4:34pm Thu 8 May 08
	He is known as Dusty from Isis Lock to Cropredy, the man on the narrowboat of that name which supplies diesel, gas and coal to land-locked admirals who chug along the Oxford Canal, or have made their home in what we space-hungry landlubbers see as a floating Tardis.

	Extra traffic will simply choke Oxford
	4:33pm Thu 8 May 08
	Some may welcome the announcement that the £330m redevelopment of the Westgate Centre in Oxford is on the move again, but those that can see beyond the end of their shopping trolley have a lot to be worried about.

	The Insider
	4:49pm Wed 7 May 08
	THOSE of us who take an interest in politics are an odd lot. No, we are. But those taking a particular interest in the minutiae of Oxford City Council are slightly more peculiar than the rest.

	The Insider
	3:35pm Wed 30 Apr 08
	MONDAY morning and the Insider's in-tray is already overflowing with self-congratulatory press releases from all manner of political parties ahead of today's local elections in Oxford, Cherwell and West Oxfordshire.

	The thrill of cycling - in an armchair
	6:00pm Mon 28 Apr 08
	Writing this column every two weeks, you can imagine it's hard coming up with stories where you're not being negative or writing a list of all the number plates of vehicles that have treated you badly - oh so tempting sometimes!
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	Cabbages & Kings
	2:50pm Thu 24 Apr 08
	The ability of children to turn figments of imagination into irrefutable fact never ceases to surprise and delight. Take, for example, the four-year-old girl called Sam, in Oxford from Charlbury with parents and grandfather and enjoying a mid-morning snack in a St Giles café.

Mischief making at The Living Room

8:22pm Wednesday 23rd April 2008

Certain mischief makers, who shall remain nameless, were quick to point out the apparent laziness of Conservative councillors in holding a photoshoot last week at The Living Room (a trendy bar which is just a stone's throw from County Hall).

	Simple rules when trucks lurk
	5:45pm Mon 21 Apr 08
	CyclinG is safer than non-cyclists think. Statistics usually measure accidents per mile. Motor vehicles travel further than bikes and so seem safer. Bikes are no more dangerous per journey. But cyclists do need to watch out for trucks.
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	Cabbages and Kings
	4:34pm Thu 17 Apr 08
	According to the poet Lord Byron, the Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, although a solo mission might account for why, according to Old Testament war correspondents, that invasion came to a sorry end.

	The Insider
	3:10pm Wed 16 Apr 08
	WHAT a chore it is being leader of Her Majesty's opposition.

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