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An Oxfordshire childhood at Blenheim PalaceLady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill grew up in and around one of the world's most famous palaces, has a duke for a father and counts one of our greatest heroes among her ancestors. She fitted an interview with Sandra Fraser into her packed daily schedule. READ MORE »  OTHER ARTICLES
Winning waysIf he were a film star he’d be cast as the strong, silent type; as it is, he’s one of the country’s most respected and successful figures in National Hunt racing. Sandra Fraser spent a morning in the wind and rain with trainer Nicky Henderson. READ MORE »
John Craven, Countryfile, and life in OxfordshireJohn Craven talks about life in Oxfordshire, on television and as the presenter of BBC's Countryfile programme READ MORE » 
Fiona Bruce and the BBC Antiques RoadshowFiona Bruce and the Antiques Roadshow return to Oxford READ MORE » 
Oxfordshire's star of musicals and recent Nancy voice coach lets us in on her lifeMoles are inhabiting Claire Moore’s front lawn, there’s a dent in her people carrier and she can’t find her keys. Welcome to the down-to-earth Oxfordshire life of one of the West End’s best-loved (and most unassuming) stars says Sandra Fraser… READ MORE » 
Colin Dexter - reveals his secretsHe feels the gods have smiled on him and is one of the world’s best-read crime writers. But Colin Dexter is hiding a guilty secret – he confessed all to Sandra Fraser. READ MORE » 
Claydon House
Any costume drama could be set with picturesque Claydon House as its backdrop, and indeed one of the balls in Jane Austen’s Emma, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, has been filmed there, but behind the scenes there’s an active family determined to make the gardens worthy of their famous forebears and their delightful home. READ MORE » 
| Oxfordshire's Music MaestroIf a view of Oxfordshire has a musical theme it was written composer Howard Goodall. Sandra Fraser met him at his studio and found a return to our fair county may yet be on the cards.
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Sheba Johnson gets ready for CornburyOur new columnist gets ready for the festival season READ MORE » 
Sophie's voiceSophie Grigson is one of the country's leading local food champions - she also happens to live in Oxfordshire. Editor Sandra Fraser found out what's going on in her kitchen. READ MORE » 
Lord Chris PattenHe was the last Governor of Hong Kong, holds a hatful of positions and appointments and runs a frenetic diary that would break a less energetic man. Sandra Fraser met the 159th Chancellor of Oxford University, the Rt Hon Lord Patten of Barnes CH… READ MORE » 
Bodleian Library - into the 21st centurySarah Thomas is too busy to arrange books on her study shelves, so they remain conspicuously sparse bar a few volumes inherited from her predecessor and two photographs of her with Bill and Hilary Clinton. Sandra Fraser met the woman charged with taking the Oxford University Bodleian Library into the 21st century. Photography by Mark Fairhurst. READ MORE » 
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An Oxfordshire childhood at Blenheim Palace
Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill grew up in and around one of the world's most famous palaces, has a duke for a father and counts one of our greatest heroes among her ancestors. She fitted an interview with Sandra Fraser into her packed daily schedule.
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The dark arts of the wine blender revealed
The dark art of the blender is one of the things that has brought the breathtaking variety to wine that many of us have enjoyed over the decades.
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Still Letting Well
As ‘failed sales’ intensify the letting market, Frank Webster of Finders Keepers explains what’s going on in Oxfordshire.
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Faringdon's Folly, Fortune and Fame
Faringdon is a lively little country town with a fascinating past and a bright future. Words and pictures by historian Mark Child
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