Books
‘The ones left behind know the missing best’ Oxford crime writer Simon Mason on new DI Ryan Wilkins mystery and his missing person Finder series
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Those who have been hotly anticipating Simon Mason's new DI Ryan Wilkins Mystery can rest assured, the time is approaching.
Lock the doors, turn...
Eat
REVIEW: Ben Watson’s Modern European menus with a Punjabi twist reflect his wife Priya’s heritage at The Golden Ball in Lower Assendon near Henley
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Head chef Ben Watson's CV speaks for itself, having previously worked at Core by Clare Smyth, Jason Atherton’s Pollen Street Social and Little Social, The Square...
Review
REVIEW: ‘Rebus: A Game Called Malice’ Ian Rankin’s top detective is back with a whodunit that keeps you guessing to the bitter end! At Oxford Playhouse all week
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The entire Oxford Playhouse audience was discussing who the murderer was during the interval of Rebus: A Game Called Malice. Heated debates were...
Bar & Drinks
JOY: Want to see your art in Flight Club window at Westgate opening? Plus £500 bar tab for winner? Apply by Nov 1!
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New Oxford bar Flight Club, which is opening in The Westgate next month, is calling for local artists to enter a competition to...
Do
BOOK NOW: We review Evolver’s brilliant, immersive, virtual reality experience inside the human body, at Oxford’s UK premiere!
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"It's hard to explain Evolver until you try it out for yourself," creator Barnaby Steel accedes, as the audience emerge wide-eyed with incredulity...
Classical
REVIEW: ‘Fast, filthy, frantic, fun, furious and beautifully sung’ WNO’s Rigoletto at New Theatre’s satire targets Bullingdon Club amidst funding crisis!
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The Welsh National Opera production of Guiseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto at the New Theatre until tonight (October 26), is fast, filthy, frantic, fun and...
Eat
‘It’s like the naughty sibling’ Oxford Uni graduate Shamil Thakrar returns to open Dishoom Permit Room in Oxford city centre!
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Shamil Thakrar had no idea when he graduated from University College Oxford with a PPE degree in 1993, that fast forward several decades...
Charity & Fundraising
RECORD BREAKERS: Oxfordshire caterers Thomas Franks smash Guinness World Record by cooking 79,500 charity meals using surplus food, in under 24 hours
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Ten tonnes of tomatoes, three tonnes of cabbage and two tonnes of peppers were amongst the 30 tonnes of surplus food used during...
Musicals
REVIEW: West End’s ‘Heathers The Musical’ at Oxford Playhouse is hilarious, murderous and darkly delicious, deserving its standing ovation
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There is a caveat on the Oxford Playhouse website re Heathers The Musical advising: 'This production contains haze, loud noises including gunshots, flashing...
am dram
REVIEW: ‘Exciting, unsettling, darkly humorous, satirical and life-affirming” OTG brings Gormenghast to OFS
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The 900 page Gormenghast trilogy by Mervyn Peake has been sitting defiantly unread on my bookshelf for a couple of years now.
Not having...













