Interviews
‘We all need to be more Florence’ Wendi Peters heads up Glorious! the hilarious new stage musical coming to Oxford Playhouse next week
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"I love what I do and feel lucky every day to still be doing it," Wendi Peters tells us between performances of the...
Eat
REVIEW: ‘The most authentic Vietnamese in Oxfordshire’ Cay Khe in Abingdon is the real deal where the Bánh mìs and phos rock! Absolutely delicious
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There's nothing wrong with Westernised Vietnamese, it's a way in. But if you've been to Vietnam you'll know that the new chain restaurants...
Eat
REVIEW: How to dine in style for £32 at Michelin pub & restaurant The Duck On The Pond in South Newington – the 3 course fixed price menu!
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You may have read our exclusive piece on The Duck On The Pond's Crowdfunding campaign to stay open ‘The Duck On The Pond’s...
am dram
REVIEW: ‘Never say no to adventures’ The ambition of MYCO’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at Oxford Playhouse took our breath away. The perfect antidote
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Taking on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was always a big ask. Yes, Oxford's revered Musical Youth Company Oxford always pulls it out of...
Musicals
REVIEW: ‘One of the most entertaining shows we’ve ever seen’ Operation Mincemeat at New Theatre Oxford is an absolute must!
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When we poured out of New Theatre Oxford last night after watching the Olivier Award-winning musical, and surprise West End smash, Operation Mincemeat...
Comedy
Award-winning comic and Fringe favourite Kayleigh Jones brings ‘I Fed My Dad To A Pelican’ to her home town of Oxford at OFS
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"Humour has always been my coping mechanism. I grew up in a big, unconventional working-class family. If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry, and...
community
‘This is an exciting time for everyone at MCS’ Magdalen College School will be fully co-ed by 2030 as part of 550th anniversary celebrations!
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Magdalen College School in Oxford has announced it will be fully co-educational by 2030 as part of its 550th anniversary commemorations.
Girls will be...
Eat
REVIEW: It’s the ingredients that do the talking at the Italian Bbuona Pinsa Bar on Gloucester Green – a neighbourhood restaurant to be proud of!
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Bbuona Pinsa Bar on Gloucester Green is always busy, whatever time of day or night; a haven for passers by, tourists, market-goers and...
Review
‘An exciting, strange, mischievous and dark telling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, but a must-see nonetheless’ At Oxford Playhouse until Saturday
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It begins, quite literally, with a bang and there is the fairy Puck in grease-paint, a tutu, and tuxedo watching us watching him...
Books
Dr Ruth Larsen’s ‘Mistress: A History of Women and their Country Houses’ sets the record straight at Oxford Literary Festival
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For historian Dr Ruth Larsen, uncovering the lives of the mistresses of some of the great country houses of England and Wales for...













