Five of the Best
BEST GASTROPUB: Vote now in our biggest category in the OXINABOX FOOD AWARDS 2025. It’s such a hard choice! Who will you pick?
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Welcome to the OXINABOX FOOD AWARDS 2025 and here is our exciting sixth category BEST GASTROPUB 2025.
The awards will be held on Monday May 12 at The...
Review
REVIEW: ‘It will make you snort with laughter’ Pride & Prejudice (sort of) is at Oxford Playhouse all week, but hurry – tickets are scarce!
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The lady next to me at Oxford Playhouse snorted with laughter so loudly half way through the first half of Pride & Prejudice...
Family
Tosca’s in town! Oxford Opera Company brings Puccini to Oxford Playhouse with world class singers and a local youth chorus. Book now
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Stuart Pendred of Oxford Opera Company can scarcely contain his excitement as he discusses the upcoming production of Puccini's Tosca at Oxford Playhouse on March 28-29.
Because...
Eat
GET VOTING: BEST RESTAURANT in the OXINABOX FOOD AWARDS 2025 – here are the nominees. What a selection!
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Welcome to the Ox In A Box Food Awards 2025 and here is our exciting third category Best Restaurant 2025, which is always hugely competitive. VOTE HERE: https://www.surveyhero.com/c/iaayc9tg
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Charity & Fundraising
BOOK NOW for ‘Parenthood: A Cabaret of Chaos’, a rude and rowdy evening about parenting, to raise money for Helen & Douglas House, in memory of Martha
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Fancy an evening of rude and rowdy entertainment, celebrating and commiserating the utterly baffling experience of parenting?
Featuring scenes, songs and poems from a...
Five of the Best
NEW AWARD: OXFORDSHIRE HOSPITALITY WOMAN OF THE YEAR 2025 – vote now for the incredible women running our pubs, cafes and restaurants
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Welcome to the OXINABOX FOOD AWARDS 2025 and here is our exciting fourth category OXFORDSHIRE HOSPITALITY WOMAN OF THE YEAR 2025, a brand new award created to...
Food Awards
VOTE NOW FOR BEST PUB/BAR IN THE OXINABOX FOOD AWARDS. It’s the most contested category so help pick the winner!
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Welcome to the Ox In A Box Food Awards 2025 and here is our exciting third category Best Pub 2025, which is always hugely competitive. VOTE HERE: https://www.surveyhero.com/c/tstqz4up
The...
See
‘It’s so much fun’ Tickets are selling out fast for Pride & Prejudice (sort of) at Oxford Playhouse. Here’s why!
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Having seen Pride & Prejudice (*sort of) last time it popped into Oxford in 2020, we understand why tickets are selling out fast,...
Eat
REVIEW: ‘It was love at first sight’ Alberto’s in Chipping Norton is full for good reason! An Italian with heart, soul and some mighty fine pasta
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Alberto's in Chipping Norton is already so busy it's almost impossible to get a table, and believe me we've tried.
However after much persistence,...
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TESS REVIEW: ‘A thoroughly deserved standing ovation at Oxford Playhouse’ in this take on Hardy’s classic using theatre, dance and circus
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‘Tess – a bold vision of Hardy’s classic novel’ exclaims the posters for Ockham’s Razor’s latest production. Bold indeed – for this is...













