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‘I have to write or I’d go bananas.’ Anna Mazzola, the award-winning ‘Queen of Darkness’ returns to Oxford for St Hilda’s Crime Fiction Weekend
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Award-winning author Anna Mazzola is mighty busy at the moment. Her new crime novel Notes On A Drowning has just been published under the...
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REVIEW: The battle of the Titans: Paul Welburn and Johnny Parke went head-to-head at OXTWO last night. Check out the culinary feast everyone’s talking about!
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There was a real frisson in the air on arrival at OXTWO in Summertown last night, where the cook off between top chefs...
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BIG FEASTIVAL: From air hostess to Le Manoir gardener. August Beth on growing your own food, chasing your dreams and her Big Feastival gig
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August Beth is a breath of fresh air; her enthusiasm, passion and approachability evident in every word. But while her mission to get...
Art
SNEAK PEEK: New exhibition ‘This is What You Get’ showcases Radiohead’s incredible artistic relationship, at The Ashmolean
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"They were adamant it wasn't going to be a history of Radiohead. So it's not about the music, they were very clear about...
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TRUCK FESTIVAL REVIEW: Speedoman, Coldplay Kiss Cam, Tic Tac togs, crowd surfers and moshing marvels. Truck nails it as Early Bird 2026 tickets sell fast!
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As 25,000 Truckers arrived at Steventon's TRUCK FESTIVAL 2025 over the weekend, expectations were high. Could it beat last year's infamous experience, TRUCK...
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REVIEW: Cherwell Boathouse in North Oxford has still got it. Sophisticated, idyllic and suave. Head down for a meal to remember!
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Why had we left it so long so revisit and watch the sweeping Cherwell river, the punters languidly passing by full of beautiful...
Books
‘People have a voracious appetite for crime fiction’ What, and who, to expect at St Hilda’s upcoming 2025 Crime Fiction Weekend – Detecting the Gothic!
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As crime fiction fans from all over the world prepare to descend on Oxford for St Hilda's upcoming 2025 Crime Fiction Weekend: 'Detecting...
The reinvention of the bakery has been spearheaded by the likes of national giants Greggs and more locally the wonderful likes of Proof...
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‘From Chippy with Love’ Chippy Pride kicks off on Saturday with a day of events, entertainment and an epic afterparty. Here’s what to expect!
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Chippy Pride is back with a stellar line-up of events and fun this Saturday (July 26), transforming the Cotswold town into a mecca...
Musicals
REVIEW: ‘An uplifting, moving and thought-provoking show’ KINKY BOOTS – THE MUSICAL hits The New Theatre Oxford in ‘a riot of sparkling campness’
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'The most beautiful thing in the world is a shoe,' they sing. Thus begins Kinky Boots – The Musical, which has been travelling...