Christmas
OH YES IT IS! Chippy panto is back with a Viking themed Jack & the Beanstalk. Director John Terry spills the beans!
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Last year we spent a Chippy Christmas in the jungles of Latin America with Cinderella READ OUR CINDERELLA REVIEW HERE, but this November...
Eat
EXCLUSIVE: “It’s the right time for me to go” Why Michelin chef Paul Welburn is quitting The Swan in Islip and leaving Oxfordshire for good!
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News that Paul Welburn, one of Oxfordshire's top chefs is leaving The Swan in Islip and Oxfordshire for good, has swept through the...
brunch
EXCLUSIVE: The lowdown on The Edge Deli – a new cafe, bakery and shop opening in Witney, plus crowd-funding vouchers to get the community involved!
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When Tom Pickett and his partner Phoebe Hall first opened The Edge Eatery in Witney during the pandemic, “READ OUR REVIEW OF THE...
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...
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‘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...













