Oxford House Clearance

Oxford House Clearance offer a complete property and house clearance service. The services below are the main services that we offer, although this list is not complete. Please contact us to discuss your needs if what you require cleared isn’t listed below.House Clearance – Removing domestic furniture, fixtures and fittings including carpets. We also remove personal items and clothing, leaving the property empty and ready to be marketed. If required we offer a cleaning service as well. We recycle or reuse as much as is possible, and currently...

Zadie Smith"s London - competition

Zadie Smith’s latest novel NW, is set in London and follows the lives of Leah, Natalie, Nathan and Felix. The book has just been published in paperback in the UK and we have taken this opportunity to team up with the author and her publishers, Penguin books, and put together a competition for our readers.We are giving you the chance to win a signed copy of NW, two tickets to Review book club’s event with Zadie Smith and £500 worth of photography equipment. To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is send us a photograph you have taken...

Monkey in space - pictures from the past

Ham became the first chimpanzee in space on 31 January 1961. He reached an altitude of 157 miles and speed of 5857 mph, during which he was weightless for 6.6 minutes. Ham was apparently only slightly fatigued and dehydrated after his ordealArticle source: http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Craft-60th/story-16192644-detail/story.htmlRelated posts:Photography Show entries mangle recordsNorwich lady sets adult new qualification and present store in Hall RoadUndersea photographer’s work going on showPhotography uncover seeking entrantsHidden Stone Roses:...

Firmware Friday: 21 cameras improved by raft of Canon, Nikon, Olympus ...

It’s that time again — a week’s rolled by, and we’ve another batch of firmware updates to report on. We’ll keep it short and sweet this week, and let the updates themselves do the talking, because there’s quite a bit to cover. Canon From Canon, we have an update for the EOS Rebel T4i. There are four main changes in Canon T4i firmware version 1.0.4, which you’ll find for download here: Fixes the following phenomena which may occur when the camera...

Pentax K-50 and K-500 unveiled: First Look

The two models follow the enthusiast K-5 II and K-5 IIs duo announced in September, and both share many commonalities. Pentax has confirmed, however, that while the K-500 will be its most junior offering, the K-50 will be neither a sister model nor a replacement for the existing K-30, which will remain on sale.  Both models sport the same 16.28MP APS-C CMOS sensor that features in the K-30, although each now offers a higher maximum sensitivity...

Nikon lens production reaches 80 million

The number of Nikon interchangeable lenses, including those produced for the Nikon 1 system, has reached 80 million in the space of 54 years.At the beginning of November 2012, the total production of NIKKOR lenses for Nikon SLR cameras had reached seventy-five million and in the seven months since then the company has produced a further five million optics to take the total number above and beyond the eighty million mark. Nikon’s active release...

Pentax Ricoh – “PENTAX K-50? – Entry-level single-lens reflex camera, water ...

[13/6/2013 04:20]0Japanese Robots: On DARPA, SCHAFT, and the Peace Constitution (and bad reporting) Pentax Ricoh – “PENTAX K-50? – Entry-level single-lens reflex camera, water ...