From the Blitz to the swinging 60s: Fashion’s Audrey Withers is back in vogue...
"Behind a honey-coloured stone wall at the bottom of the Woodstock Road stands Somerville College. Its buildings are lovely but its archives are what interest me as...
Famous author and former junior doctor Joanna Cannon comes clean in new book Breaking...
“I had to go through things to have something to say. You need a well to draw from as a writer, and apart from being a junior...
Wombles writer and Bicester author Philip Bowne wins Spotlight First Novel Prize and makes...
"I was in the cellar of the bar I was working in, when I found out that Cows Can't Jump had won the Spotlight First Novel Prize," Bicester's Philip Bowne...
COMPETITION: Win signed copies of local author Lucy Atkins’ best-selling novels Magpie Lane and...
If your self-isolation reading list is running a bit low, make sure you enter our competition to win signed copies of Lucy Atkins’ novels Magpie Lane and...
THE BIG INTERVIEW: Raymond Blanc, his apples and the case of the eternally curious...
“The first time I tried a Bramley apple I screamed,” Raymond Blanc says, reliving the moment. “My eyes and nose were running…… it was inedible… it was...
St Hilda’s Crime Fiction Weekend promises to be “most exciting and inclusive yet!”
Featuring an all-star line-up, this year's annual St Hilda’s Crime Fiction Weekend (August 12-14) promises to be the most exciting and inclusive event yet, with 2022's guest of honour,...
“I just miss her.” Clover Stroud on motherhood, grief, books and life after...
Clover Stroud is surrounded by the usual organised chaos on which she thrives when we hook up. Her husband Pete is away working in the US for...
The Oxford Literary Festival is back. Founder Sally Dunsmore picks the TOP 15 events...
With 300 authors and 250 events to host at this years Oxford Literary Festival, founder Sally Dunsmore is understandably busy.
Delighted the festival is back at full strength...
“You have to keep going.” Clover Stroud talks grief, circus sister Nell Gifford and...
"It's nice that people will be thinking about Nell when they read my book," Clover Stroud says, pausing before she adds wistfully: "Nell was such a diva...
INTERVIEW: Why The Cliff House is this summer’s must read. Local author Amanda Jennings...
If you’re going away this summer, the likelihood is you’ll be reading The Cliff House by Amanda Jennings.
Just out in paperback as part of a two book...
