Books
Why Lucy Atkins’ latest novel Magpie Lane will set the cat amongst the pigeons in academic Oxford
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Half way through my interview with the best-selling author Lucy Atkins, at The Weston Library in Oxford, I realise I have lost her...
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DONATE NOW: Taste Tibet begins feeding Oxford’s NHS frontline staff, but they need your help!
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Taste Tibet made its first food drop today at the Churchill Hospital, delivering its famous Himalayan momo dumplings and curries to help revive...
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How the Hairless Biker and Naked Chef’s recipe boxes are helping The Black Horse in Standlake survive the current crisis
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This week, The Black Horse's head chef Martin Sherriff plans to be masquerading as the Naked Chef and making Coq Au Vin!
"It's just...
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Enjoy some Social DistanSong: Delight in Oxford Lieder’s Spring Song events online instead
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Disappointed that Oxford Lieder’s Spring Song was cancelled? Don’t be – you can now enjoy a reduced version of the week’s events online.
While...
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WE WANT WINE!!! The Oxford Wine Company is inundated with private orders as 2 stores re-open plus new wine & cheese column!
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Not only is The Oxford Wine Company being inundated with orders from private households, but having closed all of its shops, it has...
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UPDATE: The Oxford Festival Of The Arts is determined to share their extensive summer programme, even if it’s a virtual extravaganza
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"I promise the festival will do its utmost to still reach people in different ways, no matter what.”
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RECIPE: The Mole Inn in Toot Baldon’s failsafe bread recipe by Exec Chef Johnny Parke. After all – it’s the perfect time to get baking!
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Mole Inn Homemade Bread Recipe
Ingredients:1kg strong bread flour2 tbsp sugar2 tbsp salt 40g fresh yeast500ml lukewarm water
METHOD:Dissolve the salt, sugar and yeast in lukewarm...
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NHS HEROES: Local farmer ploughs NHS heart design to show support for ‘outstanding’ frontline staff, in Glympton near Woodstock
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Farmer Ben Wilson has ploughed a special NHS heart design into a 20 acre field, to show support for the frontline NHS staff...
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Stuck for ideas? Creation Theatre comes to the rescue with a 12 week virtual drama course for children aged 5-10 and teens aged 11-16!
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Imagine this: Your child wakes up and hears a package being delivered in the mail. Zipping downstairs they squeal when they realise it's...
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Giffords Circus Cookbook is a ray of sunshine in a bleak year. Circus Sauce head chef Ols Halas on realising his and Nell’s dream
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"Giffords Circus was like a magic world I'd never come across. It was totally intoxicating," Ols Halas reminisces.
"I still remember being dropped off...













