‘I can do a mental striptease’ Ruby Wax on depression, her pioneering mental health...
Ruby Wax’s new book ‘I’m Not as Well As I Thought I Was’ is typical of the famous comedian - a cracking read set at a frantic...
UK’s favourite poets are congregating in Woodstock this weekend for best ever Poetry Festival...
This weekend Woodstock will be a who's who of the poetry world, with people travelling from far and wide to come and hear the Uk's most famous...
EXCLUSIVE: ‘I’ve always felt like an outsider’ Famous Oxford author Barbara Trapido on her...
It takes Barbara Trapidido a while to open the front door of her Oxford home. She's looking after a friend's Romanian rescue dog who is desperately trying...
His Dark Materials trilogy sparks ‘Lyra’s World’ in Oxford museums as final TV...
Fans of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials can now view the actual props, costumes and artefacts used in the famous trilogy in Oxford's museums.
The new collaborative exhibition...
Big names Val McDermid, Robert Goddard, Richard Osman and more celebrate St Hilda’s Crime...
St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend is celebrating in stye with some massive names from the literary world congregating in Oxford, and the fun starts today.
To mark its...
‘We punch above our weight’ Famous authors and big names flood to Chipping...
The likes of David Baddiel, Adam Henson, Ed Stourton, Marina Hyde, Will Gompertz, Clare Mackintosh and Simon Sebag Montefiore will be gracing the Chipping Norton Literary Festival this...
“These women helped me find my voice again” The 100 Women of Oxford featuring...
The 100 Women of Oxford is as much the story of photographer Philippa James as the extraordinary women it features.
Because Philippa was struggling when she started the...
Oxford’s Cara Hunter talks about new novel ‘All The Rage’, taking the crime world...
The phrase 'page-turner' doesn't seem to do Cara's book credit, 'sleep depriver' does. Put it another way, I finished reading All The Rage at 4am.
“Fiction is a very powerful tool.” Famous writers Patrick Gale and David Constantine on...
“The first time I did one of these was especially poignant because my subject was sat there in the front row, which moved me to tears.”
When author...
Competition: Win copies of Amanda Jennings’ three blockbusters including new thriller The Storm
Amanda Jennings' sunny, cheerful demeanour is totally at odds with the dark subject matter that pervades her books. And her latest novel The Storm is no different.
Having...
