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Don’t know where to put your books? Why libraries are 2023’s new sheds. How a personal library changed this couple’s life!
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In a city of academics, students and book lovers, it's unsurprising that Inside Out Oxford's award-winning garden rooms are increasingly being commissioned as...
Books
The Oxford Literary Festival is back. Founder Sally Dunsmore picks the TOP 15 events to book now!
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With 300 authors and 250 events to host at this years Oxford Literary Festival, founder Sally Dunsmore is understandably busy.
Delighted the festival is...
Art
“Being angry is easy but there needs to be some positivity” Artists confront historic racism and slavery in These Things Matter at Oxford’s Weston Library
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"At first I was angry and then I just felt pity - they didn't stand a chance," artist and musician Danni Skerritt, otherwise...
Review
REVIEW: “Surely OXOPS isn’t an amateur company?” Evita at Oxford Playhouse is “uniformly first-rate” and selling out fast!
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What a fabulous evening! The Oxford Operatic Society's (OXOPS) production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita hit every high note at a packed...
Eat
REVIEW: “Moments of brilliance” The Carpenter’s Arms in Fulbrook is the perfect bolthole on a cold winter’s day!
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We had been admiring the complex and original dishes coming out of the kitchen at The Carpenters Arms in Fulbrook on Instagram.
Chef...
Eat
TOP 10: Och aye the noo! Marmalade pudding anyone? Where to celebrate Burns Night in Oxfordshire
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With Burns Night fast approaching we have concocted our own little Scottish round-up to make sure you don't miss out, complete with pipers,...
Festivals
Gregory Porter, Emeli Sandé and Tunde Baiyewu join Lionel Richie and Pete Tong in Nocturne’s 2023 line-up at Blenheim Palace
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Gregory Porter, Emeli Sandé and Tunde Baiyewu (of Lighthouse Family fame) are joining Lionel Richie and Pete Tong at Nocturne Live at Blenheim...
Eat
CHEF PROFILE: “I like a busy kitchen” Executive chef Sam Bowser reflects on his year at The Wild Rabbit in Kingham
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"I like a busy kitchen," executive chef Sam Bowser tells me, as his team get ready for a full lunch service at The...
Musicals
DON’T CRY FOR ME! OXOPS brings rock opera Evita’s ‘powerful production’ to Oxford Playhouse
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After months of rehearsals, OXOPS brings famous musical Evita to the Oxford Playhouse stage next week, the first time it has ever been performed...
Eat
EXCLUSIVE: Top chef Anthony Skeats opens new bakery in Pickle and Lime on the Botley Road
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It's busy when I go into Pickle and Lime on Botley Road to talk to top chef Anthony Skeats about opening his own...













