I was at the Cape of Good Hope (a pub) recently with Sam and Ori, and I noticed on the wall what looked like a picture of a Venetian plague doctor riding a Vespa. A strange juxtaposition, to be sure! I didn’t get a picture of it at the pub, but have since found several [...]

I’ve spent the last week or so compiling a list of places and activities worthy of at least a few minutes the next time you’re visiting Oxford. I took suggestions from Ori, my colleagues and various tourism websites, but everything on the list has been done by me and is, in my opinion, worth doing [...]

My mum told me about a high-quality Oxford webcam, located in the Oxford Internet Institute. Conveniently, it’s right across the street from (and pointed at) the Ashmolean, so I can make sure Ori gets herself to work on time. Here’s Ori posing with her friend this afternoon (Ori’s on the phone to me): Check out [...]