In all the Maggie Smith tributes, the finest acting was from Gordon Jackson in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, in the background as Celia Johnson read out the letter.

Egyptian Goose passing some cows

The tug Hero towing the sailing ship Pamir, 1947 by Max Dupain

No, some tacky-looking sheds at Pear Tree. University driven, and the planners grovelled as usual

The calm waters in the earlier photograph were a grassy plain on 13 September when this one was taken. The boat and tree from the first picture are visible left of centre. This is Oxford's Port Meadow, the river is the Thames, and the village is Binsey

And now a vast and hideous one at "Oxford North" in the other direction

The Oxford planners are gradually encircling it with concrete to north and south. Pitchfork time if they try to come here - and where would Thames Water dump its sewage?

Thank you. One of those views which looks good in all seasons

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