http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/yoursay/columns/ Oxford Mail /yoursay/columns/ en-gb Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:48:18 +0100 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:48:18 +0100 http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/yoursay/columns/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/resources/images/934735/?type=rsslogo http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/yoursay/columns/ http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/yoursay/columns/4477573.Hard_times_coping_with_a_heatwave/?ref=rss Hot, hot, hot...how can I describe the heat last week? Even if you were glued to the tennis and not out and about, you must still have known about it. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:29:09 +0100 5c6894e10e31e930e5e4be7e77c3121b http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/yoursay/columns/4475666.Current_debts_and_outstanding_loans/?ref=rss Having just returned from a holiday in the frontier-land of the Yukon, one of Canada’s most isolated territories, I actually felt like I’d never left after reading the story about the Botley OAP who beat up a knife-wielding burglar. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:17:13 +0100 9e4a64e9a87278bc4ba346eb05544000 http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/yoursay/columns/4474609.The_Insider/?ref=rss Among the many talents in the armoury of Keith Mitchell, the leader of Oxfordshire County Council, must be the ability to read people’s minds. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:23:56 +0100 440caf742de0d83e93cfa35fcc994737 http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/yoursay/columns/4474639.The_Insider/?ref=rss Thank heavens that in these politically correct times we have people like unreconstructed, bearded socialist John Tanner to give it to ‘em straight. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:29:39 +0100 ddbaf444b2154e0682eab4386b3954f1 http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/yoursay/columns/4472518._Old_school__crowd_control_works_best/?ref=rss I’M NO xenophobe, but why do Americans have to make a song and dance out of everything they do?” The question came from retired college scout Cyril as we roosted on one of those expensive apologies for seats in Cornmarket Street. We watched contrasting examples of ‘crowd control’. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:03:54 +0100 032788f928ef3dc9ce59aca7e07befcb http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/yoursay/columns/4467401.One_in_Three__My_Battle_with_Cancer/?ref=rss SEVERAL months had passed since my diagnosis with incurable kidney cancer and I was now ready to fight for access to Sunitinib, the global gold standard treatment for my disease. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:06:28 +0100 62c87bd0e28ec0ed3ff0fd0d8beb770f http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/yoursay/columns/4466566.Go_exploring_the_scenic_way/?ref=rss Too many cyclists are unaware of the cool back routes that whisk you quickly and quietly along traffic-free paths. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:00:16 +0100 43faec2ba158e856efb142817df7b3dc http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/yoursay/columns/4463212.Why_it_s_best_to_eat_and_drink_on_your_own/?ref=rss Munch, munch, munch, slurp, slurp, glug, glug, glug... It’s important, don’t you think, how you eat. Because it can make or break a friendship or relationship. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:11:22 +0100 84b1c42a68c7d0804536959bd373bbb4 http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/yoursay/columns/4460200.I_was_the_cause_of_a_genuine__domestic_/?ref=rss HE was confrontational rather than aggressive. He was just sounding off, perhaps the consequences of a too salty breakfast kipper or pain from an ingrowing toenail. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:51:44 +0100 cc2efe5d5a42674ddfe4122047a1c063 http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/yoursay/columns/4452296.Rail_against_barriers_to_bicycles/?ref=rss Here are some examples of things I’ve seen carried on bicycles in Oxford: a huge artist’s pad, a guitar in its case, a fairly large TV still in its box and – wait for it – a chicken. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:51:57 +0100 021899e62745bb68bdd10afe5e2e1601 http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/yoursay/columns/4444161.The_Insider/?ref=rss Quite what happened when the doors shut at Grove House in Iffley after members of the The Love Art Lab pitched up earlier this month, heaven only knows. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:22:57 +0100 dfdd70d013154ad78edc46fa1299ad77 http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/yoursay/columns/4441445.Kidney_cancer_patients_felt_abandoned/?ref=rss A FEW months after my cancer diagnosis, I became involved in campaigning for access to drugs. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:58:14 +0100 cc98a5d22c7fa8ef8f1ffb784bc9bfdf