MY JERICHO


Prof Danny Dorling. Oxford University

Is North Oxford becoming Disneyland-is it inevitable?

This meeting was held on April 14, 2021

Danny, conceived in Jericho, is Oxford University’s ‘pop’ social geographer .He makes the complicated simple. Last year hundreds watched his My Jericho on the changing face of the area.This year he asks whether North Oxford is in danger of becoming a theme park.The title of this talk assumes that a Disneyfication of the centre and North Oxford is already underway, and poses the question as to whether that should simply be accepted as given and unstoppable. By Disneyfication I mean becoming like a kind of American Disney Land, a theme park to which more and more tourists are attracted and within which less and less is authentically original; but is renovated or built to look as if it was there, as it is now, always. Of course, the canal would have once been a working canal, taking coal and other heavy goods into the city - nothing can be kept quite as it was. But, as house prices in the north of the city show no sign of falling, and as international student interest in the city remains so high, should be begin to better recognise and perhaps simply accept the direction of travel? And, if so, what are the implications for the other parts of the city?" 


My Jericho offers a series of independent events organized by Jericho resident John Mair. Many are at at St Barnabas. Others are streamed on YouTube.

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Forthcoming meetings

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Previous meetings

21-11-24What is happening in the boatyard
19-10-24Oktoberfest24
28-09-24A philosophical walk in Jericho
26-09-24E-scooters/e-bikes: blessing or curse
16-09-24Coffee with the cops
18-07-24SOMERVILLE COLLEGE PRINCIPAL’S GARDEN PARTY
29-06-24Lazy Saturday
27-06-24General Election Hustings
21-06-24TOUR OF THE RADCLIFFE OBSERVATORY
20-06-24My Faith
13-06-24Worcester College Summer Garden Tour
06-06-24WHY WE NEED SCIENCE
20-05-24The real Keir Starmer
25-04-24Local Elections Question Time
20-04-24Lazy Saturday
12-03-24Iris Murdoch: the latest
07-03-24Being a vicar in a strange world
08-02-24Oxford traffic; dream or nightmare?
06-02-24My favourite Jericho building
18-01-24Will Wyatt
11-01-24Chris Andrews
30-11-23St John’ Oxfords Wealthiest College
23-11-23Why are our railways in such a mess?
26-10-23The Inklings and Greater Jericho
10-10-23Helen Salisbury and Karl Marlow
05-10-23Jan Royall
28-09-23Peter Hitchens and Danny Dorling
19-09-23Irene Tracey
07-09-23Cara Hunter
22-06-23Professor Dame Sue Black
15-06-23Call my uber agent!
08-06-23Chief Superintendant Katy Barrow-Gint
25-05-23Paul Mayhew Archer
14-05-23Community garden party
25-04-23Ted Sandback of the Oxford Cafe
04-04-23Mark Thompson
29-03-23Iris Murdoch walk
04-03-23Morsefest
23-02-23Meet David Isaac
02-02-23Meet the local police
26-01-23St Pauls House virtual tour
05-01-23Meet the City Council Leader
14-12-22Penthouse supper with Bernard Clark
17-11-22Car wars
16-11-22Somerville tour
03-11-22Lucy’s - past present and future
01-11-22 Jericho Oxford Book
20-10-22Remember the Radcliffe Infirmary
06-10-22Shaking Skeletons
05-10-22Autumn Wine and Cheese party.
28-09-22Iris Murdoch Walk
28-09-22Question Time
25-09-22Octoberfest
14-09-22Autumn Worcester College Walk
08-09-22Jesus shows the way
01-09-22PD James Health Walk
31-07-22Lazy Sunday
25-07-22Neighbourhood Watch
20-07-22My Jericho summer garden party.
13-07-22ThirdTour of Worcester College Gardens with Simon Bagnall.
13-07-22Philip Pullman Health Walk with Mark Davies
09-07-22Launch of book Reporting the War in Ukraine,
04-07-22Neighbourhood Watch
30-06-22Worcester College Gardens with Simon Bagnall.
22-06-22Bedford House
22-06-22Morse Health Walk
03-06-22Rona Painting
12-05-22Michael Crick
11-05-22Rona Painting
05-05-22John Simpson
28-04-22Gina Miller
20-04-22Visit to OUP Museum
20-04-22The Lucy Story
13-04-22Question Time
02-03-22Question time
09-02-22Sir Philip Pullman
26-01-22Question time
24-11-21Question Time
10-11-21John Humphreys
21-10-21Layla Moran MP
20-10-21Cara Hunter
13-10-21Morse and Lewis
06-10-21Hannah Yeadon
29-09-21Question time
22-09-21Jericho Book Club
15-09-21Professor Jim Naismith
20-07-21Peter Taylor
30-06-21Lewis Carroll in Oxford
16-06-21Oxford Food Banks and Jericho Parish Larder
09-06-21Meet the New Local Sergeant
26-05-21Wilding Wine Bar
12-05-21Little Clarendon Street
29-04-21Walton Street decision day
28-04-21Hustings for the local elections
14-04-21Prof Danny Dorling. Oxford University
24-03-21’What is happening with the Jericho Boatyard?’ 
17-03-21The low traffic neighbourhood
11-03-21Tribute to Sir Harold Evans
10-03-21Professor Sir Richard Peto
03-03-21Barnabas Church-at the heart of the community.

Visits

Previous events

Speaker meetings

21-11-24What is happening in the boatyard
19-10-24Oktoberfest24
28-09-24A philosophical walk in Jericho
26-09-24E-scooters/e-bikes: blessing or curse
16-09-24Coffee with the cops
18-07-24SOMERVILLE COLLEGE PRINCIPAL’S GARDEN PARTY
29-06-24Lazy Saturday
27-06-24General Election Hustings
21-06-24TOUR OF THE RADCLIFFE OBSERVATORY
20-06-24My Faith
13-06-24Worcester College Summer Garden Tour
06-06-24WHY WE NEED SCIENCE
20-05-24The real Keir Starmer
25-04-24Local Elections Question Time
20-04-24Lazy Saturday
12-03-24Iris Murdoch: the latest
07-03-24Being a vicar in a strange world
08-02-24Oxford traffic; dream or nightmare?
06-02-24My favourite Jericho building
18-01-24Will Wyatt
11-01-24Chris Andrews
30-11-23St John’ Oxfords Wealthiest College
23-11-23Why are our railways in such a mess?
26-10-23The Inklings and Greater Jericho
10-10-23Helen Salisbury and Karl Marlow
05-10-23Jan Royall
28-09-23Peter Hitchens and Danny Dorling
19-09-23Irene Tracey
07-09-23Cara Hunter
22-06-23Professor Dame Sue Black
15-06-23Call my uber agent!
08-06-23Chief Superintendant Katy Barrow-Gint
25-05-23Paul Mayhew Archer
14-05-23Community garden party
25-04-23Ted Sandback of the Oxford Cafe
04-04-23Mark Thompson
29-03-23Iris Murdoch walk
04-03-23Morsefest
23-02-23Meet David Isaac
02-02-23Meet the local police
26-01-23St Pauls House virtual tour
05-01-23Meet the City Council Leader
14-12-22Penthouse supper with Bernard Clark
17-11-22Car wars
16-11-22Somerville tour
03-11-22Lucy’s - past present and future
01-11-22 Jericho Oxford Book
20-10-22Remember the Radcliffe Infirmary
06-10-22Shaking Skeletons
05-10-22Autumn Wine and Cheese party.
28-09-22Iris Murdoch Walk
28-09-22Question Time
25-09-22Octoberfest
14-09-22Autumn Worcester College Walk
08-09-22Jesus shows the way
01-09-22PD James Health Walk
31-07-22Lazy Sunday
25-07-22Neighbourhood Watch
20-07-22My Jericho summer garden party.
13-07-22ThirdTour of Worcester College Gardens with Simon Bagnall.
13-07-22Philip Pullman Health Walk with Mark Davies
09-07-22Launch of book Reporting the War in Ukraine,
04-07-22Neighbourhood Watch
30-06-22Worcester College Gardens with Simon Bagnall.
22-06-22Bedford House
22-06-22Morse Health Walk
03-06-22Rona Painting
12-05-22Michael Crick
11-05-22Rona Painting
05-05-22John Simpson
28-04-22Gina Miller
20-04-22Visit to OUP Museum
20-04-22The Lucy Story
13-04-22Question Time
02-03-22Question time
09-02-22Sir Philip Pullman
26-01-22Question time
24-11-21Question Time
10-11-21John Humphreys
21-10-21Layla Moran MP
20-10-21Cara Hunter
13-10-21Morse and Lewis
06-10-21Hannah Yeadon
29-09-21Question time
22-09-21Jericho Book Club
15-09-21Professor Jim Naismith
20-07-21Peter Taylor
30-06-21Lewis Carroll in Oxford
16-06-21Oxford Food Banks and Jericho Parish Larder
09-06-21Meet the New Local Sergeant
26-05-21Wilding Wine Bar
12-05-21Little Clarendon Street
29-04-21Walton Street decision day
28-04-21Hustings for the local elections
14-04-21Prof Danny Dorling. Oxford University
24-03-21’What is happening with the Jericho Boatyard?’ 
17-03-21The low traffic neighbourhood
11-03-21Tribute to Sir Harold Evans
10-03-21Professor Sir Richard Peto
03-03-21Barnabas Church-at the heart of the community.

Visits