Faith In The Frame, a new 10 part series for ITV1, is being launched with a programme devoted to Stanley Spencer’s painting The Resurrection in Cookham Churchyard. The first programme goes out on Sunday evening 31 August and sees Melvyn Bragg chair a 30 minute discussion with novelist Howard Jacobson, art expert Tim Marlow and […]

Those living in the London ITV region will have been able to enjoy Peter Ackroyd’s 30 minute Thames programme this evening. This first episode visited the source near Cirencester and claimed that the Rhine was once part of the Thames. Most interesting was an interview with the owners of Rose Isle just downstream of Oxford. […]

Those wishing to cross the Thames at Hambelden on weekdays during August and much of September may be delayed for about 15 minutes on weekdays. This is due to repairs being carried out on the weir. See page 113.

Henley Management College, founded in 1946 and one of the top-ranked business schools in the world, is to be known as Henley Business School from this academic year. This is the result of a merger with upstream Reading University. The faculty will consist of the Schools of Management, Economics, Real Estate and Planning and the […]

Oxfordshire County Council reports today that work on improving the towpath upstream of Wallingford Bridge has been completed. The path, alongside the castle’s meadows known as Queen’s Arbour and Castle Medow, was often slippery and wet weather halted work four times since last autumn.  Councillor Roger Belson, Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Sustainable Development, […]

The death of journalist John Whale has been followed by many interesting obituaries. He had a very full life and saw many changes. For example he was an ITN political correspondent in the days when the reporter had to travel on the tube from Parliament to the central studio to deliver news of a Commons […]

This week there have been reports of flooding at Newbridge in Oxfordshire. No more rain is forecast over the next fews days but as the water travels downstream from Newbridge flooding can be expected on other sections of the towpath. The Environment Agency’s flood information number is 0845 988 1188 where you can hear recorded […]

The Paynes & Borthwick Wharves redevelopment at Deptford has been halted. The £60m project which would have included 275 flats and a diversion to the Thames Path has been delayed indefinately by developer Lane Castle. Estate agent King Sturge launched the scheme last June at its Canary Wharf office backed by extensive advertising. The intended […]

As many as 22 lock keepers’ cottages on the River Thames are to be sold or rented out. The lock keepers and their families must move out. I am sorry to see this reported in The Times today.  Marlow Lock’s cottage is one of ten to be sold and Cookham’s will be rented as the […]

The arrival this weekend of the Olympic flame on the Thames Path at North Greenwich caused a brief closure of the route. Ellen McArthur carried the torch ashore for a handover before the ceremony outside the Dome. The Dome, or O2 as it is now officially called, is one of the venues for the 2012 Olympics […]