Eat
REVIEW: The lowdown on Namaste Village, Oxford’s brand new, excellent veggie/vegan Indian restaurant, and our fantastic meal there
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Since Delhish in St Clements closed, Oxford's veggie/vegan offering has been lacking. Cue Namaste Village, a Gujarat restaurant which set up shop in...
Eat
EXCLUSIVE: We review new Botley restaurant Tempering ‘A refreshing reinvention of the trad curry house’
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With Southern Indian curry houses mushrooming in Oxford, it seems we've moved on from the traditional Punjabi restaurants to something entirely different. Or...
Charity & Fundraising
‘We are welcomed and accepted at Waste2Taste no matter what’ Check out the ‘I am’ photographic exhibition at Cowley’s community cafe this September
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An exciting, new, collaborative portrait exhibition 'I am' is opening in the amazing Waste2Taste Café this September, unveiled by Oxford-based photographer Philippa James...
Eat
REVIEW: The Old Crown Coaching Inn in Faringdon is still at the top of its game after a stunning dinner, thanks to head chef Samuel Squires
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It was the level of ingenuity that took our breath away; the surprises, the revelatory menu, the experimental bent, the pride and reverence...
Classical
REVIEW: ‘Waterperry Opera Festival goes from strength to strength’ as Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Handel’s Semele get their moment in the sun
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Waterperry Opera Festival, now in its eighth year, goes from strength to strength, this year most evidently from its magnificent productions of Handel’s...
brunch
REVIEW: ‘We’ve been busy from the word go!’ Why Alex’s Creperie in Woodstock’s Park View is a dream 15 years in the making!
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"These are happy tears, even if it has been an emotional journey. It's just better than I could ever have imagined," Alex Sopilnik...
outdoor
REVIEW: ‘An amusing and thought-provoking evening’ The Merry Wives of Windsor completes the Oxford Shakespeare Festival at Oxford Castle
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Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor is an interesting watch in these modern times. On one hand, in the play, political incorrectness is rife...
Review
REVIEW: ‘As exciting as it is original’ Apocalyptic comedy-drama ‘End Of The Line’ triumphs at Ed Fringe, featuring Woodstock’s Olivia Davies
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The premise of End Of The Line sounds spurious - six strangers on a tube facing imminent death due to an impending nuclear...
books
‘I have to write or I’d go bananas.’ Anna Mazzola, the award-winning ‘Queen of Darkness’ returns to Oxford for St Hilda’s Crime Fiction Weekend
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Award-winning author Anna Mazzola is mighty busy at the moment. Her new crime novel Notes On A Drowning has just been published under the...
Eat
REVIEW: The battle of the Titans: Paul Welburn and Johnny Parke went head-to-head at OXTWO last night. Check out the culinary feast everyone’s talking about!
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There was a real frisson in the air on arrival at OXTWO in Summertown last night, where the cook off between top chefs...













