In late November 2023, with a week off work, I had the opportunity to visit Oxford and Blenheim Palace.

Wandering through the town of Oxford was pretty, but I can’t imagine why anyone would want to live there given the choice: traffic was horrendous (even late into the evening) for such a small city, and the cost of housing seems to be exaggerated due to excessive restrictions on supplying much-wanted homes.

I had the opportunity to both wander through Oxford and then visit Blenheim Palace. Visiting Blenheim Palace was an excellent activity – I realise in hindsight that I had previously been on the estate grounds at the time of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, but at that time, I hadn’t toured the palace itself.

Ahead of Christmas, the formal gardens had been lit up with a truly impressive set of lights: it was an impressive spectacle, and although I think that I’m not the exact target audience, it was an excellent experience. If you have the opportunity to go through the Christmas Light show, you should take it!

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Michael Josem is a long-term consumer advocate, most prominently as a global leader in combating fraud in the online gambling industry. He was in part the inspiration for the 20th Century Fox Movie, Runner Runner, starring Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake.

Josem has over a decade of experience as a senior business leader working across various high-tech and online industries, and takes action to build a better community. His primary volunteer roles include service for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and Graih, the homelessness charity.