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Page last updated at 13:39 GMT, Thursday, 10 December 2009

The hanging of the clerks in 1209

We turn the clock back exactly 800 years to the crucial and violent moment that split Oxford and Cambridge.

Your xmas messages for our troops

We've collected your messages of goodwill from around the county to send to local soldiers based in Afghanistan.

The Earl of Oxford's big secret

Was the Earl of Oxford, Edward de Vere, the real author of William Shakespeare's plays?

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John Henry Brookes. Photo courtesy of Oxford Brookes University.

What's in a name?

How a university was named after John Henry Brookes

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Ricky Gervais

The comedian tells us about his current projects

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Which pub is the best in Oxford?

Sir McAlpine's personal railway

Jo Thoenes' Kilimanjaro diaries

The Oxfordshire Sports Awards '09

Seeing things in black and white

Stories from the Ashmolean Museum

Malcolm Boyden's electric boogie

Benson crews train in US desert

Karate kid faces world champions

The rise of Oxford's mini bakery

UK's most popular ghost in Oxford

The power and protests at Didcot

Prison break at the Oxford Castle

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