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A study led by Oxford University has found that seabirds flying long distances across the Atlantic can experience a mismatch between their internal body clocks and local time (the same process that leads to jet lag in humans), causing them to make…

Back in 1978, I was living in Oxford writing a DPhil doctorate about Percy Bysshe Shelley. I was supplementing my student grant by teaching English as a foreign language for the Oxford Intensive Scho

The cars have gone, and so have the buses, but while retailers expect a boost, residents worry about change.

Many punters say inconvenience of bus rerouting is small price to pay for more space, but not everyone is happy

London's Oxford Street is closing to cars, buses, and bicycles starting Monday. The move is the first step in a makeover of the storied shopping precinct.

A stretch of London’s Oxford Street is to be vehicle-free as part of £150m government-backed scheme

We’ll revive the in-person shopping experience with a transformation of the area, inspired by the John Lewis and Selfridges founders who first set up there, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

Almost a kilometre of the central London street, between Orchard Street and Great Portland Street, is pedestrianised from Monday.

Editorial: The transformation of Europe’s busiest shopping street should be a case study in making cities greener, less congested and more inviting places to live

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In this excerpt from "Killing the Dead," author John Blair looks at how the printed press ramped up tales of vampirism, leading to stories of people eating a supposed vampire's organs and drinking their blood in a bid to avoid the same fate.

In this excerpt from "Killing the Dead," author John Blair looks at how the printed press ramped up tales of vampirism, leading to stories of people eating a supposed vampire's organs and drinking their blood in a bid to avoid the same fate.

Scientists have captured virus-like particles assembling themselves step by step, revealing how a surprisingly simple process of trial and error produces complex structures with remarkable precision.…

The long read: In a few days the busiest shopping street in Europe will be closed to traffic. The hope is that an unloved and polluted thoroughfare will turn into somewhere that people actually want to spend time

The historical timeline you keep in your head might not be as accurate as you think

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William Whyte: Pass the Cherries - Twilight of the Dons: British Intellectuals from World War II to Thatcherism by Colin Kidd