“It’s just part of you. I don’t think of it as a job.” Sarah...
The artist Sarah Spackman is dressed in a navy canvas jacket, jeans and DMs, her glasses hiding a pertinent pair of eyes, totally absorbed in the task...
My interview with Tyger Drew-Honey on his stage debut in POSH at Oxford Playhouse,...
The Tyger Drew-Honey sitting opposite me discussing his stage debut in POSH with such passion is not the same Tyger of yesteryear.
Yes, he still has those...
The value of colour: Oxford artist Robin Stewart’s new exhibition ‘The Inner Life’ at...
Robin Stewart’s fascination with the language of paint began at a young age, when he was given his first set of paints.
“I must have been no more than...
REVIEW: Licence to thrill – Creation goes from strength to strength with Don Quixote...
Where to start with Don Quixote in Oxford’s Covered Market? Perhaps as Creation does with a man urinating into a saucepan, an instant reminder that whether you’ve...
All female troupe The HandleBards cycles into Oxford with The Tempest
The HandleBards are the world’s first cycling theatre company, who carry all of their set props and costumes on the back of their bicycles, performing charmingly chaotic...
Rising star Daniel Lebhardt returns to Oxford, the entire JS Bach vocal canon, and...
Rising star Daniel Lebhardt has been collecting prizes and awards at a breathtaking rate since scooping First Prize at the Young Concert Artists auditions in Paris five years ago.
REVIEW: Last chance to see the brilliant Romeo & Juliet at Blenheim’s Rose Theatre
THE PRIZE MUST GO TO A DAZZLING JULIET, PLAYED SO SPELLBINDINGLY BY ELLA DUNLOP
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...
Kevin Whately, Nicholas Parsons, Sir Roy Strong and Alan Titchmarsh feature in Dorchester-based Orchestra...
Still riding high after its 50thanniversary last year, the Dorchester-based Orchestra of St John’s has a busy autumn ahead both in Oxford and London.
Review: Toast opens at Oxford Playhouse fresh from the West End….with free sweets. It’s...
Having been previously berated, and rightly so, for snacking noisily during theatrical performances, to then be presented with not just a handful of retro pick ‘n’ mix sweets but...
