Eat
REVIEW: ‘Fun, novel and intoxicating’ New Summertown restaurant OXTWO defies all expectations as head chef Johnny Parke excels
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The hype around OXTWO's recent opening has been impressive, news that Grape Minds and The Back Lane Tavern team in Woodstock were joining...
Review
REVIEW: ‘Breathtakingly good’ MYCO surpasses itself at Oxford Playhouse with a night of pure musical joy in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie!
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How MYCO managed to pull off a musical of this calibre with such sheer professionalism will be the subject of much speculation, but...
Classical
‘It’s a fantastic show and we can’t wait to bring it to Oxford Playhouse’ SuRie and Hermione Norris in ‘George Eliot In Words & Music’ with Orchestra Of The...
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"George Eliot was such a fascinating woman and had such an incredible life. She was absolutely doing her own thing regardless of society...
Eat
Is this the best value lunch in Oxford? Cowley Road’s Dosa Darlings’ £8 thali tapas ticks all the boxes
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Lunch on the hop. Where to eat? We ventured into a few places on Cowley Road before the lightbulb moment hit. Dosa Darlings...
breakfast
REVIEW: Burford’s newly opened Bakery On The Hill is crammed with tantalising offerings, whether you fancy a loaf of bread, breakfast, lunch or a cuppa!
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Hidden up a historic passageway, its ancient door leading into the snug cafe, The Bakery On The Hill in Burford is really quite...
brunch
REVIEW: The Edge Deli brings Witney something novel, different and delicious to The Hexagon Centre with huge style!
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It's an unusual location for a new cafe, a business centre in the suburban streets of Witney housing numerous local companies. And yet...
Art
Dividing Lines exhibition at North Wall aims to get people talking, and listening!
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Etain O’Carroll's 250 acrylic discs, shaped in a murmuration, currently adorn the North Wall's gallery in Summertown (see main pic). They are her contribution...
am dram
REVIEW: ‘A great evening’s entertainment that makes you laugh and think in equal measure’ OTG’s Pygmalion is at Oxford Playhouse all week
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Pygmalion is a George Bernard Shaw play written and set over 100 years ago. You might know the basic story outline from the...
Books
‘I read all 1758 issues’ Julie Summers’ four year labour of love to celebrate the history of British Vogue, at Oxford Literary Festival this week
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It was a labour of love for historian and author Julie Summers when asked to write the history of British Vogue, from its...
Opera
REVIEW: Tosca at Oxford Playhouse is ‘Oxford Opera Company at its best’ – the soloists commanding attention as the youth choir inject youthful optimism
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Not long after it’s debut performance in 1900, critic Joseph Kerman pronounced the opera Tosca, ‘that shabby little shocker’. Tosca has therefore come...