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Last weekend, was the Oxford ‘Open Doors’ – where some of the colleges, other notable buildings and landmarks are open to the public for a few hours. After visiting a couple of smaller colleges, I took a wander around The Bodleian Library’s’ Old Quad and decided to draw the ornate Tower of the Five Orders. […]
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This weekend it has been the annual Oxford ‘Open Doors’ where various colleges and other institutions open their doors to the public for a limited time. This year I ventured around a couple of the smaller colleges, doing a couple of drawings as I went, before visiting the Oxford Castle. Here there were a small […]
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Tackley is a village a couple of miles off the main Oxford to Banbury road. One striking thing about the western side of the village is that it obviously developed around the 17th-century Manor. There is a small triangular green and a row of houses fronted by some rather grand windows and it is not […]
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Asthall is a small village in West Oxfordshire. It is a few miles east of Burford along the Windrush valley and, although perhaps only a mile from the busy A40 road, is relatively quiet. I visited on a Saturday afternoon and apart from a few people walking to or from the pub it was almost […]
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Abingdon is a town that has a long history and it rewards a little exploration. Behind the grand County Hall a small road leads down to St. Helen’s Church. This is East St. Helen Street and it is lined with some of the oldest buildings in the town. It is also home to a rather […]
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