Comparing the plan to create a “15 minute city” with Portmerion, the utopian architectural gem, and the setting for the classic TV series, The Prisoner, Tom Hardy argues that the aspirations of Oxfordshire County Council have been recast by conspiracy theorists, as an example of a faceless authoritarian elite robbing them of their freedom of movement.
https://westenglandbylines.co.uk/features/brokenbritain/15-minute-cities/
#Oxon #15minutecity #conspiracytheorists #Bylines

For any writers based around the Home Counties - North Bucks/MK/Oxon/Herts.

Drop in meetings for writers. Dario at Unbound has written plays for theatre and audio and is a thoroughly lovely chap.

#writing #scripts #plays #audio #comedy #writers #sketches #drama #theatre #playwriting #QPAC #UnboundTheatre #Aylesbury #arts #storytelling #Buckinghamshire #Oxon #MiltonKeynes #Herts

#warmhubs #Oxon
The link below is to a BBC list of warm hubs across Oxfordshire. Please share this list with anyone who might need it. Thank you from West England Bylines.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-63544885

Concern is growing here after the number of avian flu cases have increased. We've only seen it in the wild geese population so far, but Chekhov, our resident wild swan cob, attacked a sick goose this morning. The R number for the spread of the H5N1 virus can be as high as 100. Keep your fingers crossed for him.

‘A possible extinction event’: the UK’s worst bird flu outbreak – podcast | Science | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2022/dec/01/a-possible-extinction-event-the-uks-worst-bird-flu-outbreak-podcast

#avianflu #birdflu #waterfowl #wildbirds #Thames #Oxon