Oxford homeless charities Aspire Oxford and Oxford Homeless Pathways have launched an appeal for donations to support homeless people in Oxford this Christmas. Hundreds of local people in Oxfordshire will wake up without a home on Christmas Day. It’s vital that Aspire and Oxford Homeless Pathways can support homeless people into safe housing and secure employment so that they can leave homelessness behind.

“Not Just Homeless” is a powerful film that challenges our preconceptions about homelessness in Oxfordshire. The project follows the journeys of local people affected by homelessness and gives them the chance to tell their stories from their point of view, breaking down stigmas and challenging stereotypes about what it means to be homeless in the process.

Goldsmiths, the UK’s largest luxury high street jewellers, has just opened a new luxury store in the Clarendon Centre, Oxford. The beautiful new showroom concentrates on stocking leading luxury brands including Rolex, Longines, Gucci, TAG Heuer, and Tissot, and is the only stockist in the city for Rolex, Omega and Breitling.

Where can you see a rotating 15 foot stainless steel yacht, a blue Neolithic Egyptian goddess and a life sized horse gamboling among wildflowers in the Oxfordshire countryside? These unlikely companions will be unleashed in the grounds of Bothy Vineyard, Frilford Heath, as part of an ambitious sculpture show from 23 May to 7 June 2015.

New Oxfordshire home is found for The World Pooh Sticks Championships.

The Annual World Poohsticks Championships have been held at Days Lock, Long Wittenham for the last 31 years. It has now become so popular that the Oxford Spires Rotary Club are looking for an alternative venue with more space.

The city of Oxford is once again playing host to hundreds of talented artists from all around the world when it stages the second Oxford International Art Fair from 6th to 8th February 2015, with this year’s event taking over not one but three halls at the city’s magnificent town hall.