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The Contagion Cabaret is a must-see, madcap ride through plague and pandemics. Relevant? Oh yes!
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Killer germs, superbugs and pestilential plagues have long fascinated writers and musicians, and The Contagion Cabaret is no diffferent.
The brilliant and irreverent historical...
Books
Competition: Win copies of Amanda Jennings’ three blockbusters including new thriller The Storm
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Amanda Jennings' sunny, cheerful demeanour is totally at odds with the dark subject matter that pervades her books. And her latest novel The...
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WORLD FIRST: Why this top Oxford photographer is encouraging children to get creative outdoors
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Oxford photographer Jonathan Self is on a mission. As the creator of the world’s first online course for children that combines photography with...
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The Pitt Rivers Museum stars in new series ‘The Caretakers’ to celebrate those protecting our museums and galleries in lockdown
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The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford is one of six museums and galleries across England who have joined together to celebrate the essential...
Classical
British composer Francis Pott talks about ‘At First Light’ and working with Oxford chamber choir Commotio
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Lockdown hasn’t been all bad for local Oxford chamber choir Commotio. Concerts may have had to be cancelled, but the recent release of...
Eat
REVIEW: Tea for two? We try ‘brilliant’ new takeaway picnic concept from Oxford University college St Anne’s
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St Anne's head chef Ben Gibbons, desperate to get back to work, has come up with an ingenious plan to keep his kitchens...
Books
Blackwell’s opens new Book Spa service amid surge in worldwide orders despite longest closure in 141 years
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On Monday, Blackwell's on Broad Street will have been open again for a month after the longest closure in its 141 year history.
But...
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Blenheim Palace confident 2020 Christmas Outdoor Illuminated Trail will go ahead as tickets sell fast
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The winter wonderland that is Christmas at Blenheim Palace will return for its fifth year from November, despite the upheaval of the pandemic...
Eat
EXCLUSIVE: Oxford’s popular canalside pub The Punter reopens as new veggie/vegan gastropub
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Oxford's famous, bustling, canalside pub The Punter in Osney Mead has been transformed during lockdown into a new veggie/vegan gastropub, keen to tap...
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REVIEW: The Ivy Oxford – socially distanced of course – “the perfect escape from normality in every sense of the word”
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I'd forgotten how glamorous The Ivy was, how all enveloping, the wow factor that caresses you with its elegant fingers the minute you...