Books
“Writing gets me out of bed in the morning”. Crime writer Mick Herron on a million copies, Gary Oldman and Oxford Lit Fest!
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"Playing the author rather than the writer is enjoyable, but I have to go and lie down in a dark room afterwards," Mick...
Do
Raymond Blanc and Gennaro Contaldo to headline Jubilee themed Blenheim Palace Food Festival in Woodstock
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Famous chef Raymond Blanc OBE, and Italian legend Gennaro Contaldo have just been announced as the headliners at the Blenheim Palace Food Festival in Woodstock.
Timed to...
Eat
REVIEW: Panzerotti anyone? Why new Italian Acqua Salata is the real deal since moving into new premises in Witney!
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Ever tried a panzerotti or a cannoli? Me neither. One is a dough stuffed with mozzarella and tomato then sealed, like a mini...
Books
Check out Wit & Words, Oxford’s new, ‘alternative literary festival’ at White Hart Wytham and its eclectic line-up!
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The White Hart in Wytham has launched Wit & Words, a week long, boutique literary festival with a fabulous line-up of author dinners...
Eat
EXCLUSIVE: “I saved up for 13 years to open Oxford’s Tree Artisan Cafe.” How dreams do come true!
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"I've always dreamt of opening my own cafe, but it took 13 years to make this a reality," Graziella Ascenao tells me, looking...
Books
“You have to keep going.” Clover Stroud talks grief, circus sister Nell Gifford and new book ‘The Red Of My Blood’
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"It's nice that people will be thinking about Nell when they read my book," Clover Stroud says, pausing before she adds wistfully: "Nell...
Eat
REVIEW: Hot or cold? Don’t miss legendary Lardy Cake Thursdays at Blake’s Kitchen in Clanfield!
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Do you want your lardy cake hot or cold? It wasn't a question I'd ever expected to field, let alone answer. I didn't...
Review
REVIEW: ‘They’ve done it!’ OTG’s colour coded characters bring Nicholas Nickleby to life at Oxford Playhouse
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“What a challenge! Squeezing Charles Dickens’ Nicholas Nickleby, some thousand pages long, filled with more than 50 characters, into 2.5 hours on the Oxford...
Art
CELEBRATING WOMEN: 180 works by 81 female artists – Irving Contemporary’s ‘A Room Of Her Own’ raises funds for Ukraine
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Bringing together over 180 works by 81 women artists, A Room of Her Own "seeks to be a visual celebration of women and womanhood,"...
Classical
TOP 10+ Unmissable March concerts: Oxford Lieder’s forgotten female composers, 2 UK premieres, a classical music festival and live orchestras
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1) Tchaikovsky's Fifth Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Sheldonian. Thursday March 10. Marios Papadopoulos conducts, after Russell Hirshfield joins him for Scriabin’s delectable Piano Concerto –...