Eat
Like getting blood out of a turnip: Nearly 1.5 million Twitter views and still no word from Michael Gove. How Baz at The White Hart in Wytham has gone...
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It began as a joke, an exasperated reposte, a provocation, anything really to incite a response either from Michael Gove himself, or the...
Music
Lesley Garrett, Hansel & Gretel, A Tale of Two Cities, plus Corona Orchestra & Oxford Chorus are Singing For Syrians, in this week’s classical music round-up
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Opera Anywhere
HUMPERDINCK: HANSEL & GRETEL
Sunningwell Village Hall
Friday, 7pm
Tickets: https://operaanywhere.com
Opera Anywhere updates Humperdinck’s classic fairytale opera to wartime Britain. It’s Christmas Eve 1938, and Harry...
Art
“It’s just part of you. I don’t think of it as a job.” Sarah Spackman reflects on her fourth solo exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, becoming a member of...
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The artist Sarah Spackman is dressed in a navy canvas jacket, jeans and DMs, her glasses hiding a pertinent pair of eyes, totally...
See
My interview with Tyger Drew-Honey on his stage debut in POSH at Oxford Playhouse, life after Outnumbered and facing his demons
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The Tyger Drew-Honey sitting opposite me discussing his stage debut in POSH with such passion is not the same Tyger of yesteryear.
Yes,...
Do
Petrol heads alert! Fastest accelerating car in the world features at Blenheim Palace’s Salon Privé.
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With final preparations now in full swing, brothers Andrew and David Bagley have a clear message – “Get set for the greatest Salon Privé...
Eat
REVIEW: How head chef Johnny Parke and the team at The Mole Inn, Toot Baldon, have transformed the gastropub into one of Oxfordshire’s finest
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There must be a massive culinary party going on somewhere outside Oxfordshire to which I’m not invited, because some of my favourite chefs...
Art
The value of colour: Oxford artist Robin Stewart’s new exhibition ‘The Inner Life’ at The North Wall
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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...
Bar & Drinks
Oxford Wine Festival brings you 500 wines to guzzle, sorry sample, this weekend. What are you waiting for?
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The much-loved Oxford Wine Festival returns to the city centre this Friday and Saturday (September 6-7), with its opulent blend of tutored tastings,...
Review
REVIEW: Licence to thrill – Creation goes from strength to strength with Don Quixote in Oxford’s Covered Market
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Where to start with Don Quixote in Oxford’s Covered Market? Perhaps as Creation does with a man urinating into a saucepan, an instant...
The HandleBards are the world’s first cycling theatre company, who carry all of their set props and costumes on the back of their...













