Art
REVIEW: “We want to surprise people” New exhibition ‘Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion and Design’ opens at The Ashmolean
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The Victorians have always attracted bad press; modern-day accusations of vulgarity, prudery, garishness and hypocrisy refusing to go away.
That classic battle between...
Review
REVIEW: ‘A brilliant, thought provoking, and thoroughly entertaining evening’ The House With Chicken Legs at Oxford Playhouse until tomorrow
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The House With Chicken Legs (only at Oxford Playhouse until Saturday, Sept 23), is exactly what live theatre is made for; magic and...
Bar & Drinks
EXCLUSIVE: ‘It’s a cracking site’ Ted Sandbach gives us a sneak peak of The Oxford Wine Cellar, opening next week on Oxford High Street!
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It's all go at The Oxford Wine Cellar on the city's High Street as the final preparations are completed ready for next week's...
Musicals
REVIEW: “Sheer, unadulterated fun” Shrek The Musical keeps on giving – at New Theatre Oxford all week
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If you've somehow you've missed Shrek at the cinema, West End stage or on tour, then your luck is in because the famous...
Entertainment News
EXCLUSIVE: Check out the £3.5 million restoration of Abingdon’s Old Abbey House into a stunning, new boutique hotel opening in October!
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The Old Abbey House Hotel is preparing to open after a £3.5 million refurbishment to transform the derelict former council offices into a...
Dance
Dancin’ Oxford’s Family Dance Festival returns with an exciting line-up of captivating physical theatre and dance events!
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DANCIN’ OXFORD FAMILY DANCE FESTIVAL is back this month with an exciting line-up to get your feet tapping and moving.
Running from September 29...
Review
REVIEW: Brown Boys Swim at The North Wall: “A refreshing, contemporary, seismic play and a catalyst for change”
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No wonder Brown Boys Swim won so many awards at Edinburgh Fringe, because the new play by young, local playwright Karim Khan hits...
Eat
REVIEW: Executive head chef Alan Gleeson is back in the driving seat as new Daylesford pub The Bell in Charlbury opens on Sunday!
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We are big fans of Alan Gleeson. The Oxfordshire chef is a great, sturdy, reliable, gifted hulk of a man whose food I...
Classical
‘I just let the magic happen’ Young conductor John Warner on September’s Oxford Sinfonia ‘hidden stories’ concert!
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Conductor John Warner is a busy man. And yet despite his hectic international schedule, he is keen to discuss the programme he's chosen...
Musicals
REVIEW: SOB AWAY – Blood Brothers at Oxford Playhouse is an emotional roller-coaster of a musical “An unforgettable night out”
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Although Blood Brothers has toured the world, it was a first for Oxford Playhouse and for us. But after so long on the...