Daily Information
Encyclopedia
Daily Information is a printed information sheet in Oxford
, England
, displayed especially around the University
colleges and departments, but also in local businesses. It has been in continuous existence since 28 September 1964, mostly as a brightly coloured A2
sheet. It provides information on Oxford, events and small advertisements.
Daily Information used to be published daily, as its name implies, but now appears on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays during university term-time and weekly on Fridays during the vacation. It was run for 40 years by John Rose, but he died in December 2004. Daily Info now has a regularly updated associated website from which the printed information is drawn. It also provides information via Twitter
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Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, displayed especially around the University
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
colleges and departments, but also in local businesses. It has been in continuous existence since 28 September 1964, mostly as a brightly coloured A2
ISO 216
ISO 216 specifies international standard paper sizes used in most countries in the world today. It defines the "A" and "B" series of paper sizes, including A4, the most commonly available size...
sheet. It provides information on Oxford, events and small advertisements.
Daily Information used to be published daily, as its name implies, but now appears on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays during university term-time and weekly on Fridays during the vacation. It was run for 40 years by John Rose, but he died in December 2004. Daily Info now has a regularly updated associated website from which the printed information is drawn. It also provides information via Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
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