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...
‘I read all 1758 issues’ Julie Summers’ four year labour of love to celebrate...
It was a labour of love for historian and author Julie Summers when asked to write the history of British Vogue, from its first issue in 1916...
Blackwell’s opens new Book Spa service amid surge in worldwide orders despite longest closure...
On Monday, Blackwell's on Broad Street will have been open again for a month after the longest closure in its 141 year history.
But things haven't been all...
CRIME FICTION: The big names flocking to Oxford Literary Festival plus The Morse, Lewis...
While The Oxford Literary Festival goes from strength to strength, its crime fiction offering is legendary. Here are the massive names and events to book now.
The Oxford...
The legendary Nigel Slater talks lists, recipes, inspiration, hindsight and revelation as Toast comes...
Nigel Slater loves writing lists, has done since he was a child. As a boy he would write down his father’s breakfast menu and present it to...
TOP 12 PICKS: ChipLitFest has it all – famous authors, humour, advice, ones to...
Chipping Norton Literary Festival is bouncing back this month after a two-year absence. As usual, the small town punches above its weight, this year pulling in Booker...
TOP 15+: What to do this week in Oxfordshire; from comedy and art to...
Nothing to do? Bored? Think again because we have picked out tips on what to see, do, watch, enjoy, join and listen to right here in Oxfordshire...
EXCLUSIVE: Prof Suzannah Lipscomb on student life in Oxford, the Tudors, giving women a...
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb has got so many letters after her name it's hard to get to the heart of the matter, ie her many achievements.
To summarise then...
‘You’ve got to be brave, haven’t you?’ Famous author Kate Mosse brings one woman...
Famous author Kate Mosse has decided that now is the perfect time to launch her first one woman show Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also)...
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...
