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SELL OUT: ‘This is the way to do tribute band music’ Joni Mitchell group Hejira marks the band’s 100th show at Oxford Playhouse ‘to mesmerising effect’
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Joni Mitchell released her beguiling, jazzy masterpiece ‘Hejira’ in 1976 and it has been weaving its influential spell ever since. Two and a...
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EXCLUSIVE: ‘It’s something completely different’ The veggie/vegan Lula’s Ethiopian Cafe & Deli to open this summer in Oxford’s Covered Market
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Lula Kinnaird is standing outside her new premises in Oxford's Covered Market - Lula's Cafe & Deli - which is due to open...
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REVIEW: Nick Galer from The Miller of Mansfield is now head chef of The Pot Kiln near Newbury, and his Basque menu is excellent. One for the little black...
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When Nick Galer and his wife Mary left The Miller of Mansfield in Goring in 2022, Oxfordshire lost one of its best. So...
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‘It’s full of passion and drama’ Let the battle of wits begin! Much Ado About Nothing gets a 1940s makeover at Oxford Castle
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Expect a Sicilian location, soldiers returning from WW2, a soundtrack featuring Glen Miller and Fats Waller, Oxford Castle as a backdrop, 1940s costumes,...
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BLENHEIM PALACE FESTIVAL- New five day music and arts festival announced for summer 2026, replacing Nocturne. Dates, line-up and tickets released this autumn
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A new five-day music and arts festival is set to launch next summer at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, featuring an eclectic lineup of...
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BOOK NOW: OFA’s epic music line-up of big names, jazz, Early Music, orchestras, choirs, symphonies, evensong, Jane Austen, debuts and immersive experiences!
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What a diverse and exciting musical line-up Oxford Festival Of The Arts has got in store for you as its annual festival continues...
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REVIEW: ‘Gleefully malevolent, mischievous, martini-fuelled and merry’ Twelfth Night at Oxford Castle is not to be missed
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It's easy to assume with outdoor Shakespeare that you know exactly what you're going to get - a jaunt with the Bard, a...
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BREAKING NEWS: ‘Nocturne Live will not be returning to Blenheim Palace in 2026’ after 10 years of ‘glorious shows’, global music stars and audiences of 250,000 people!
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Nocturne Live has announced it is quitting Blenheim Palace after 10 years of tenure, the night after Nile Rodgers and Chic headlined the...
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REVIEW: ‘An exhilarating interpretation of a beguiling novel in this intimate and immersive adaptation’ Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway plays out around Oxford
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On publication, Virginia Woolf’s ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ was a such a ground-breaking novel, with its stream-of-consciousness bent, that it seems only fitting for Oxford’s...
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REVIEW: Why award-winning gastropub The Back Lane Tavern in Woodstock is still at the top of its game and packed to the rafters!
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It's easy to follow the chase, to focus on the new and exciting. But keeping a restaurant going over a sustained period of...












