Art
Local artist Charlotte Orr on how her paintings reflect a transient life in new exhibition Vibrant Living at The Jam Factory
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"This is about being a small fish in a big pond," Charlotte Orr tells me, pointing at a beautiful aqua green and blue...
Audiences are in for a treat at the end of this month when Opus 48, Oxford’s newest medium-sized choir, launches its second season...
Eat
New head chef James Mearing, of Wild Rabbit fame, joins The Bear Hotel in Woodstock to revive its identity and entice diners back
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Raj Chakraborty emanates energy, it’s coming out of his pores. Chatting to me in the front bar of The Bear Hotel in Woodstock,...
Do
REVIEW: Illuminated Trail given contemporary edge at Blenheim Palace’s Christmas Lights, plus free chocolate!
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Sold out last year, with thousands flocking from all over the country to bear witness and take part, Blenheim's Illuminated Trail is back,...
Art
Festive theme ‘Winter Lights’ pulls in big artists for Christmas exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery
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An emphasis on the romance of the winter countryside, plays out at Sarah Wiseman Gallery's annual Christmas exhibition this year, which features artists...
Classical
Susan Wollenberg’s 70th birthday celebrations, WNO, Japanese virtuoso Maki Sekiya and so much more in our classical music round-up
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This week's classical music round up from oxinabox.co.uk
Eat
REVIEW: One to watch – Liam Whittle takes over as head chef at The Greyhound in Letcombe Regis
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The fresh faced, blue-eyed, bearded young man in front of me looks more like a musician than a chef.
But then Liam Whittle toyed...
Comedy
The Big Interview: Political comedian Mark Thomas on ‘how we ended up here,’ in new show 50 Things About Us
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Mark Thomas has never done things by halves. He is comfiest in a hair shirt, waving a placard and making life as complicated...
Review
REVIEW: Sexy, sassy and sticking it to the sovereign. SIX The Musical will scorch your socks off
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"I'd see that again anytime. I loved it. Absolutely loved it," my teenage daughter told me, uncharacteristically jubilant.
We'd all given it a standing...
Art
‘Something Else’ is going on at Sewell Gallery in Radley in new two man collaborative show
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Two distinguished Oxford professionals have come together in the Sewell Centre Gallery’s latest exhibition ‘Something Else’.
After long careers in architecture and the...