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The fourth instalment in a series of photo essays looking at the life on the Thames. From dawn sculls to a duck derby and container barges, Jill Mead, a longtime London resident and urban photographer, shares the stories of the many characters working on and enjoying the river

Wellington writer Jake Arthur has been judged runner-up at the 2023 Sargeson Prize for his short story "On Beauty", described by judge Vincent O'Sullivan as a story about "how and why a principled female professor tells a male student he is beautiful, and is called before an Ethics Committee"

They are due to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court over the theft of the fully functioning device.

Letters: The chances of being admitted are higher than many students think, writes Megan Lee

Four children were left with serious injuries while two sustained minor injuries following the collision on Tuesday, police have said.

After a four-year hiatus, HMV will reopen its former flagship location on London's Oxford Street

If Starmer can be so reckless with his words and lacking in principle now, what will happen if he becomes prime minister, asks Shaista Aziz, independent councillor for Oxford city council

An ‘opera for tinies’ captivates its target audience; the mezzo of the moment dazzles at Oxford’s renamed song festival; and Oliver Mears’s #MeToo Verdi still resonates

Actor delivered Shakespeare scene during lecture at Oxford theatre in memory of Roger Scruton

Once, Dorling was viewed as a radical. Now his writing on inequality simply seems prescient. He discusses poverty, politics, and how we reached such a parlous state

Other lives: Historian whose research and publications focused on the Labour party