Frideswide: Oxford's patron saint
We look at the legend and facts behind the princess and her life in Oxford during the seventh and eighth century.

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.

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

War hero honoured by old school
Abingdon School remembers a local war hero who led a bombing raid during D-Day.

The first Woodstock pop concert
Woodstock in America is famous for having the biggest pop music festival in 1969, but Woodstock in Oxfordshire had the first two years earlier.

War poet's collection goes online
The works of World War I writer Siegfried Sassoon are set to reach a new audience.

Blenheim Palace unveils new dam
Find out about the restoration and history of Blenheim Dam and the man who created it.

The man who shot Nelson's killer
The descendant of the man attributed with shooting Nelson's assassin marks the anniversary of the Admiral's death.

UK's most popular ghost in Oxford
But who was the real Empress Matilda, who apparently walks the stairs of the Oxford Castle at night?

Churchill the Oxfordshire Hussar
Exhibit shows the military side to the Oxfordshire born war-time Prime Minister.

Pedal Power at Oxford Museum
See the exhibition on the history of cycling in the city than ran in October 2009.

Car manufacturer William Morris
We look at one of the city's most important benefactors, the car maker Lord Nuffield.

The story of Oxfordshire's buses
Hidden away near the train station in Long Hanbourgh is a fabulous collection of restored buses.

The story of Barbara Pym
Looking through the chapters of the life of one of our most underrated writers.