A COMMITTEE has backed plans to introduce an age limit for taxis and private hire vehicles. The city council’s general purposes licensing committee tonight backed plans to introduce rules which mean drivers will have to replace their cars after
OXFORD Nigel Fletcher, 45, from Morrell Crescent in Littlemore, Oxford, admitted carrying a four-inch kitchen knife in Morrell Crescent without good reason or lawful authority on August 6. Given a six-month conditional discharge and told to pay
Andy Ffrench joins Alex James and Jamie Oliver at the front for Rizzle Kicks The Big Feastival was back this year bigger and better than ever. Alex James and Jamie Oliver upped their game by increasing the number of attractions on offer at
Tim Hughes suggests a clutch of Oxfordshire's best gigs Indie-rock WILD SWIM North Wall Arts Centre, Summertown Saturday Tickets £10 (£8 conc/£5 students) 01865 319450 or thenorthwall.com
Babyshambles are back better than ever, as Tim Hughes finds out before their forthcoming Oxford gig Frank, honest and surprisingly eloquent, Peter Doherty can be relied upon to speak his mind. And he does not try to hide his frustration at the
THE NIGHTINGALES The Oxfordfordshire premiere of a new play by a West End and Broadway playwright is coming to the Abingdon stage. The Nightingales by Peter Quilter focuses on a theatrical family who seem to perform more at home than they do on
A risqué comedy that once drew a complaint for its name alone, promises to bring the house down when it airs at the Old Fire Station in Oxford. Sex, relationships and assumptions about what is normal will all be explored in Spare Prick, the latest
I’m on honeymoon this week, dear reader, and so unless you want a story about what sightseeing the new Mrs Luxford and I are doing, I wanted to talk about fandom again, but this time the darker side of it. We begin a couple of weeks ago at a screening
As with much else, September is a month of change for comedy. At the beginning, it’s dark when you leave a gig; at the end it will be dark when you get to it. And, as usual, there’s not a huge amount of September stand-up in the county this year. Edinburgh
Our weekly theatre round-up A one-man play about Winston Churchill’s little-known early life comes to The Theatre, Chipping Norton, on Tuesday, telling the story of Churchill’s war-time experiences in South Africa, and his astonishing escape across
Oxfordshire's news for foodies... Family-run pub The Three Horseshoes in Witney has been shortlisted in the highly-acclaimed Great British Pub Awards 2013, thanks to the friendly team spirit of its staff. Up against more than 50,000 pubs
Taylors has been sprouting faster than Michael Finnegan’s chinnegan with eight branches to their bow in Oxford. The string of delis and sandwich shops now also includes FastaPasta in the Covered Market, and, between them, they are keeping Oxford in
Fresh, healthy, fun and, above all, quick food impresses KATHERINE MACALISTER on her first visit to Noodle Nation I let the sea of teenagers choose where they wanted to go for dinner. No point dragging them somewhere AWKWARD, one of their favourite
We left you last time in our first diary entry looking forward to opening our new venture Jacob’s Inn in Wolvercote, happily (and possibly naively) quoting Morse: “There’s always time for one more pint”. Wow, what a fantastic start! Has there been
DAMIAN Batt has opted to hang up his boots in what the former Oxford United full back described as “the hardest decision of my life”. The 28-year-old was released by the U’s in May after 177 appearances, including the Conference play-off final
Tim Hughes explores the natural charms of the Isle of Man on an adrenaline-soaked trip It’s early on a Saturday morning and I’m neck-deep in the Irish Sea being pounded by waves which force me onto the rocks then drag me back out to sea. “Rocks
Oxford's Disco Shed posse prepare to rock the Isle of Wight JAMIE Oliver and Alex James may have thought they were topping off the festival season with their Big Feastival, but it’s not over just yet. Tomorrow marks the start of the last major
Wild Swim have unfussily gone about growing into one of Oxford’s best bands. Tim Hughes learns why from eloquent singer Richard Sansom WHEN it comes to writing songs, Richard Sansom has a recurring theme “I want people to be able to read the lyrics
Backstage news for Oxford's discerning gig-goers The Famous Monday Blues gears up for its lively autumn season with a visit by a group of genuine bluesmen who ooze the spirit of the Delta. Guitarist Aaron Moreland, singer/harmonica player Dustin
GET Batty, the countywide scheme encouraging older people to play ping pong is gathering momentum. And senior citizens are grabbing a bat to test their topspin. Get Batty launched last year and is being promoted by Oxfordshire Community Foundation
A PLANNING expert has called for the rulebook to be ripped up after a string of major developments were approved in Oxfordshire despite furious opposition. Ben Hamilton-Baillie, an expert who has advised Oxfordshire County Council on planning,
It was back to the serious business last week – but we ended with a good kick up the backside. We resumed our LV= County Championship campaign with a game at Scarborough against our main title challengers Durham. But it did not go to plan.
Matt Ayres talks to the mighty Kill Murray You’ll find all kinds of weird and wonderful music in Oxford, but indie pop is the big hitter. Radiohead, Supergrass, Foals and Stornoway all have elements of this catchy genre in their sound, and another
Nolan sister Maureen tells KATHERINE MACALISTER why getting part in the West End show was a dream come true – and a tribute to her tragic sister Bernie Maureen Nolan is at home in Blackpool having just finished the last Blood Brothers tour: “I’
Mark Thomas is a tricky opponent, with a mind as snappy as a razor clam, a conscience as stricken as Judas’s and a penchant for the anarchic to rival Che Guevara. Enormously active, constantly hypothesizing and consistently challenging the establishment
A MAN described as “the voice for Chipping Norton” and who represented the town as mayor and on all three local councils has died. Rob Evans, 64, joined Chipping Norton Town Council 30 years ago and also served on West Oxfordshire District Council
A WAR veteran who helped find and save a new home for Marston Royal British Legion has died aged 92. Harry Bridges served on the branch’s committee for years and eventually became its president. The Marston and District branch was formed in
GILES Ingram was two hours into his new job as Oxfordshire’s tourism and arts guru when he fielded his first problem – an angry Mad Hatter tour guide. He had to calm things down after inheriting an agreement with the Guild of Guides, which Oxford
THE new headquarters of controversial security staffing firm G4S will officially open tomorrow. The building at the Banbury Business Park, in Adderbury, has been occupied by 140 staff, many of whom have transferred from the company’s former base
WHEN Jason Ayres and his wife Claire discussed what they would do after the birth of their first child, he had no doubts about the future. “I wanted to take a break from my career. I’m older than my wife – I was 37 then – and she didn’t want to
CLAIRE Williams, deputy team principal of motorsport and engineering firm Williams, which is based at Grove, Wantage, has been elected a patron of the charity F1 in Schools. The charity challenges students to create their own Formula 1 team, which
A ROAD accident left Catherine Holland at risk of losing a leg and in pain for a long time afterwards. It was this trauma which later inspired her to set up the Oxford Pain Clinic. The former graphic designer went on to retrain as a remedial
A TEENAGER has been found guilty of robbing a 15-year-old runner. Tony Nichols, of Valentia Road, Headington, pictured right, was one of a trio of young men who approached the victim in Headington Hill on June 1 last year. At Oxford Crown Court
A TEENAGE dancer is facing having to drop out of his “dream” college after a High Court ruling means he is no longer entitled to housing benefit. Ellis Linford-Pill, 18, has to find £8,000 to cover his rent for the next two years of his course
Oxford’s music scene is dominated by blokes but MATT AYRES meets a woman who is championing the melodies of the ladies It’s an unfortunate truth, but female musicians in Oxford are outnumbered. Our scene, like so many others, is dominated by the
The Five Alls Filkins, near Lechlade, GL7 3JQ 01367 860875 thefivealls.co.uk In a long-ago article on the Five Alls at Filkins I noted that there were two pictures in the pub that explained the origin of its unusual but by no means
A VILLAGE post office could return as part of a new community hub at Horspath Methodist Chapel. The charity Friends of Horspath hs put in a successful bid for an undisclosed sum to buy the 111-year-old chapel in Oxford Road. They hope to open
FIVE STARS "Rude I am in my speech.” Among much said in Othello that is patently not the case — principally the much-repeated references to the ‘honesty’ of Iago — the tragic general’s estimation of his way with words, or lack of one
I’m a bit of a walking, talking melting pot. Though I was born in London and have lived in only two cities, my cultural heritage is a hotch potch of Asian fusions. Officially I’m of Mauritian, Sri Lankan and Indian descent, but there may be a smattering
ALMOST £60,000 has been raised so that a two-year-old can travel to the United States with her family for an operation that could spare her from a life in a wheelchair. Sophia Aitken, who cannot walk without a frame, has a form of cerebral palsy
EMPTY offices in the centre of Oxford could become a 41-bedroom hotel if politicians agree to change the lease terms on a council-owned building. Next week, councillors will rule on a proposed change to the lease at 15-19 George Street, above the
ORGANISERS are making the final preparations for this year’s Dragon Boat race in Abingdon this weekend. Last year’s race on the Thames was postponed for four months because of the bad weather, but it finally went ahead in September. Teams cram
A £100,000 council spending plan has been approved in a bid to get empty North Oxfordshire homes back into use. The Cherwell District Council fund will pay for legal action and remedial work, for which costs plus interest can be recovered.
THE Bodleian Library is celebrating after it was confirmed that its latest exhibition has enticed more visitors through the door than any previous show. Almost 70,000 people have been to see the Magical Books – From the Middle Ages to Middle-Earth
A LIFE-saving defibrillator has been set up in a village near Didcot in memory of a dad who died after collapsing on a lunch-hour run. Father-of-three Graham Richards, from Blewbury, died aged 41 in August last year after suffering a cardiac arrest
Group A players defeated their Group B counterparts in the league’s annual challenge match. Played at the West Oxford Democrats Club, alongside the Summer League presentation night, wins for Terry Green, Alan Lowe, Eddie Tebby and Mick Murphy gave
DOZENS of old people in Oxfordshire will ride electric bicycles in a £1.4m study by Oxford Brookes University. The three-year project will ask people from across the county to use ‘e-bikes’ over a three-month period early next year to assess how
Oxford City Stars have signed former Great Britain Under 18 Mike Whillock from Milton Keynes Thunder. Whillock, who started his career as an Oxford Junior, represented his country in the 2011 World Championship. After then moving to Germany
OXFORD: A bicycle and a toolbox have been stolen from a home in Shelley Road, East Oxford. The theft happened between midnight and 8.45am on Tuesday. Call Oxford CID on 101 with information.
A NEW patient watchdog that has struggled to fill places on its board will be discussed at a scrutiny meeting today. Rosalind Pearce, the director of Healthwatch Oxfordshire, will update Oxfordshire’s joint health overview and scrutiny committee
THE day Cassie Arnold found out she was pregnant with three children was the same day she found out only one of them was still alive. Until then, her doctor thought she had twins, but when he could only hear one heartbeat he performed a scan and
OXFORD: The first meeting of a new Greater Leys and Blackbird Leys watercolours and pastels group will be held today. Retired Potters Court resident Andrew Cherrie has started the project. Mr Cherrie, a keen painter, has asked for anyone with
OXFORD: Police officers who went above and beyond the call of duty were honoured during a ceremony last night. The Oxford Local Police Area (LPA) Commander’s commendation ceremony took place at St Aldate’s police station. Those receiving awards
NO-one who has not been through it can truly understand the grief a family goes through when they lose a child. Cassie Arnold, who lost two of the three babies she was carrying, endured even deeper agony. But her story, and that of partner
Arson suspects have been bailed for the third time by police investigating a flat fire in Hawksmoor Road, Cutteslowe. Three people were arrested on suspicion of arson after the blaze in February. A 26-year-old man and a 21-year-old man must
Detailed plans for a new £100m Botley shopping centre and cinema complex will be revealed this month. Dates for the second round of consultations about the redevelopment of West Way shopping centre were announced yesterday. Developer Doric
Roadworks on the A34 between the A420 and the A44 northbound are due to finish tomorrow. Surface repairs began on Monday. Drivers have been experiencing minor delays of about 10 minutes when passing through. Highways crews are expected to have
OXFORD: Electrical items and jewellery have been stolen during a burglary. The burglars broke into the home in Longworth Road, Jericho by forcing a ground floor window open on Monday between 12.30pm and 5.30pm. Call police on 101.
OXFORD: The results of a ballot for industrial action over the sacking of two postmen will be announced today. Oxford East delivery office workers called the ballot after the dismissals over what Royal Mail said was “wilful delay of mail”.
INQUESTS into the deaths of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan will be held in Oxford today. Sergeant Gareth Thursby, 29, and Private Thomas Wroe, 18, both of 3rd Battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment, were killed while on duty on September 15 last
OXFORD residents are being urged to help track down this man in connection with a violent incident in Littlemore. Thomas Barnes, aged 22, of Minchery Road, Oxford, is wanted by police following a brawl outside the Taste of Jamaica restaurant in
INSPECTORS have begun the task of checking graves in Witney to make sure they are safe. Jim Thomson, director of memorial safety firm Teleshore, and Witney Town Council works and contracts supervisor John Hickman visited Tower Hill Cemetery on
OXFORD City’s men and Radley’s ladies both finished fifth in the final of the Southern Counties Veterans Track & Field League at Ashford, Kent. Both clubs fielded depleted teams, but battled well to secure some notable victories. Radley
A NEW dance company hopes to raise awareness of human trafficking with its debut production. Justice in Motion is staging Bound, featuring three dancers, at Oxford ‘s Pegasus Theatre on October 4-5. The show includes dance, acrobatics and a
WITNEY have an all-new coaching team as they prepare for a fourth season in South West 1 East, starting on Saturday. Peter Wilson comes in as head coach, with Ritchie Craig taking over the forwards duty. Francis Grant is their new first-team
HENLEY Hawks are determined to make an impact on their return to this level after five years away. Hawks were promoted after winning the National 2 South title, but are not content simply to make up the numbers. “Our ambition is top six in
Cash has been stolen from a home in Sunderland Avenue. Thieves broke in on Tuesday between 1pm and midnight. It is unknown at this stage how they got inside. The occupants found the house raided when they returned. Call 101 with information
A car crashed on the A44 near The Turnpike pub in Yarnton yesterday evening. Police were at the scene of the incident, which happened at about 5.30pm. The red Citroën was seen being towed away from the road shortly after the accident.
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman at an Oxford hotel. The 19-year-old alleged victim said she had been attacked at Victoria House in George Street in the early hours of Tuesday morning. She said a man approached her in
A meeting is to be held next week to discuss what should happen to £19m of European funding, aimed at improving the rural economy in Oxfordshire. The Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership successfully bid for the European Union funding two years
Liam Walker, Chairman of Witney Conservative Future, on recent events in Syria, the Commons vote against military action and the ramifications for Oxfordshire THIS summer people here in the UK saw in newspapers, on the news and via social networking
As Oxfordshire’s councils have announced a huge increase in the collection of litter this summer, surely it is now time for local and central Government to come up with a strategy to combat this blight on our communities and countryside? A good
As a frequent driver along the A420 between Oxford and Swindon I have become increasingly baffled by the policy and decisions of highways in terms of repairs/resurfacing and ‘improvements’. The most recent of which was to resurface a two-mile stretch
I often go to Summertown to classes at Ewert House and then always go to the Oxfam shop and often to the bank, the bookshop and other shops. I use the printing facility. It may be that at present – with the economic problems we – and much of the
Q I heard that the rules for child support are changing. Is that right? AYes, they are but they do not yet apply to all families. The new statutory scheme run through the Child Maintenance Service (previously known as the Child Support Agency)
THE organisers of Sunday’s Head-ington 5 have pledged to learn lessons after the road race ended up being shorter than intended. A marshalling error meant no athlete ran the full five-mile distance, with most completing around 4.4. The front
A con artist who tricked firms into donating money to a non-existent cancer charity is due to be sentenced today. David Solomon told businesses in Headington last year he was raising money for “Cancer Relations” after his dad died 15 years ago.
STAFF at two Co-operative stores in Oxford are counting the cost after they were both broken into in the early hours of the morning. The store in Cherwell Drive, Marston, was broken into at about 3am yesterday while the shop in Old Marston Road
LIFE is good. What a magnificent Monday – wonderful weather, outstanding opera singer busking in Cornmarket Street, the Oxford council cleaning machine busily scrubbing the pavements clean near Argos, in New Inn Hall Street... As I cycled home
EARLIER in the year, as the result of an approach by your reporter, I estimated that the maintenance cost of a £100,000 skatepark could put £7 a year on to the average band D council tax bill in North Hinksey Parish. This was based on RoSPA’s estimate
I’M not surprised that the council is keeping silent on its plans for the Covered Market. After the decision to allow the chain group of Cards Galore to take over the Palm’s Delicatessen former premises, I asked Colin Cook in Council how many other
AT this time of year we all look forward and celebrate the students’ A Level and GCSE results from our local schools. It is interesting to notice the key figure is those students who have achieved ‘5 good GCSEs’. There is no mention of vocational
LET’S face it, the Tories have had a pretty tough time convincing voters in Oxford to pick their candidates when it comes to election time in the city. The city council has been lacking in any blue hues since the early noughties, and reds, greens
MICHELLE Pank secured the ladies’ Mota-Vation Series title, despite finishing second in the final round at Oxford. Alchester’s Pank beat championship rival Jess Bruce (Headington Road Runners) by 44 seconds in humid conditions to clinch the overall
OXFORD: Twenty-one people were cautioned or charged for being drunk and disorderly in the city centre during August. There were also 23 people cautioned or charged for offences under the public order act, five for assaulting police officers, five
OXFORD: Three men arrested following a raid on the Nanford Guest House on Iffley Road have been rebailed until October 21. The B&B was visited by police investigating alleged child sex exploitation in June. Guest house owner Jeremiah Cronin
OXFORD: A cyclist suffered minor injuries after a collision on Banbury Road yesterday. A blue Austin Mini and bike collided shortly after 8am at the junction with Bardwell Road. T he scene was cleared by 9am. Police spokeswoman Hannah Williams
CHILDREN started at Oxford’s first free school yesterday. An unconfirmed number of four-year-old reception pupils began settling into their new classrooms at Tyndale Community School, off Barracks Lane in Cowley. But by Monday the full 34 pupils
It has been more than 18 months in the planning, but the doors to North Oxfordshire’s first free school opened yesterday. A total of 81 boys and girls stepped through the gates of Heyford Park Free School claiming a place in its history as its
IT is the time of the year when people get merry, meet half-forgotten relatives and munch on mince pies. But there is a serious side to Christmas for many people – which is to say that it is in many ways about the bottom line. For the businesses
WITNEY’S ‘crocodile man’ Shaun Foggett beams proudly at his new babies – a clutch of American alligators, bred at his Crocodiles of the World attraction at Crawley Mill. It is only the second time this species has been bred in captivity in the UK.
OXFORD’S Christmas light night is expanding to a three-day festival this year in a bid to attract more than 100,000 people into the city. In previous years, a Christmas market, fair and staged events have taken place in St Giles on a Friday night
OXFORD City’s Simi Fajemisin was narrowly denied gold in the under 17 girls’ long jump final at the England Under15/17 Championships in Bedford. Fajemisin leapt 5.88m to finish second, just 3cm behind winner Morgan Lake (Windsor, Slough, Eton &
LONDON Welsh have strengthened their ties with Oxford by moving all their non-playing staff to the city. The Exiles yesterday unveiled a new partnership with Oxford law firm Henmans Freeth LLP, which will see them share offices in Cowley. Welsh
Now here is an interesting approach to transforming a much loved and historic part of Oxford: first listen carefully to local heritage and community groups and then follow their lead. The battle over Jericho boatyard site made national headlines,
I saw this week’s puzzle in the pawn themes chapter of Johan Hellsten’s Mastering Endgame Strategy. This book follows on from Hellsten’s previous two works: Mastering Chess Strategy and Mastering Chess Openings. Hellsten’s new work keeps the high
Many people across Oxfordshire live with a life limiting illness. As if this wasn’t bad enough, many cope with their illness alone. This can be incredibly isolating and frightening. This is where Oxfordshire Befriending for Life (OxBEL) comes
Having slightly missed his step with his English-language debut, This Must Be the Place (2011), Paolo Sorrentino returns to terra firma with The Great Beauty, a companion piece to his masterly denunciation of former Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti
Eighty years have passed since Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers first danced together on screen. Sadly, no enterprising label has thought to release Flying Down to Rio on DVD to mark the occasion, but plenty of Fred`n'Ginger magic is available on disc
Hospital bosses have been told they do not need permission to replace equipment and chimneys in Oxford. The city council has ruled that permission is not required for replacing energy plant equipment and chimneys at the Churchill and John Radcliffe
WANTAGE MP and Culture Minister Ed Vaizey will be at a children’s book festival launched by an Abingdon teacher next week. Pony rides, storytelling sessions, poetry corner, a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, and boat trips are among the activities at the
St Frideswide’s Church is taking part in the Oxford Open Doors event with an Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland afternoon tea. The Botley Road church is open between 10am and noon before reopening for tea and cakes from 3pm until 4.30pm on Saturday
PEGASUS Theatre staff Dave Thwaites and Tasha Godwin have almost finished an annual test of more than 600 electrical items. Everything from theatre lighting and cables to computers and TVs have to be tested every year at the theatre in Magdalen
Brain injury charity Headway is looking for fundraisers to walk or run 50km or 100km of the Thames Path. The Kennington-based charity is asking participants to raise a minimum of £275 in sponsorship. The challenge is on the weekend of September
A bid to install three smoking shelters at the Horton General Hospital should be approved, a council officer said. Cherwell District Council’s Graham Wyatt said the shelters, to go by the maternity unit, A&E and the Banbury Road entrance, were
Oxford University researchers have found the genetic ‘signature’ for a group of aggressive blood disorders. Researchers hope that a routine test could soon help guide treatment for people with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). The conditions
THERE was lots of reminiscing at a Moulsford Preparatory School “old moles” reunion. John Romans and Robert Lester had not seen each other since they were schoolboys in the 60s. Mr Lester, 59, of Wallingford, who left in 1967 and sent his two
A 34-year-old man has been charged with attempted burglary after an incident in Spring Lane, Littlemore. On August 6 a failed attempt was made to gain entry to a house by smashing a window with a brick. Jason Bourton, of Fern Hill Road, was
AN £840,000 plan to cut congestion near Oxford’s busiest roundabout looks set to be approved despite criticism from bus firms, cycling groups and residents. Officers from Oxfordshire County Council have unveiled major changes to part of London
MOTA-VATION SERIES 5th Round (senior men unless stated) 1 D Bellinger (Oxf) 20.16, 2 D Hamilton (Abn) 20.35, 3 J Bolton (V40, Wds) 20.44, 4 D Bruce (Highgate) 20.48, 5 A Burgess (Oxf) 21.21, 6 N Jones (Oxf) 21.25, 7 L Newell (Oxf) 21.31
You could smell the food cooking a mile away from Alex James’s farm at Kingham last weekend. This was not surprising as there was a huge amount of food to smell at the Big Feastival co-hosted by the Blur bassist and chef Jamie Oliver — and a potential
I’ve always wanted to grow a medlar and a quince, but sadly I’ve never had the room. Medlars (Mespilus germanica) produce russet, rough-skinned fruit rather like large rose hips in form and these can be bletted, allowed to partially rot, before being
By Philippa Lyons Over the last 23 years I have come to love BBOWT’s nature reserves. I cannot claim to know many of them as well as the local wardens and other volunteers who are out there taking care of them in all weathers. But knowing that
Oxford outfitters Shepherd & Woodward have been selling clothes for more than 150 years. But how often have they dressed a trumpet? The instrument involved is decorated with a colourful, tasselled cord, which looks thoroughly authentic. But it’
Dance OUT OF THE SHADOW Oxford Playhouse October 8 and 9 at 7.30pm Box office: 01865 305305, oxfordplayhouse.com Out of the Shadow is an extraordinary mix of breaking, popping and locking, acrobatics and ballet. It tells a cautionary
Appearing in plays concerned with armed conflict is proving to be an excellent career move — albeit achieved without his ever having planned it this way — for the charismatic young actor Graham Butler. Fresh out of London’s Guildhall School of
It may seem odd to pair these two,” said Richard Calvocoressi, Director of The Henry Moore Foundation, referring to the forthcoming autumn exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum that brings together works by Francis Bacon and Henry Moore. “Moore is all
Annoyance over the post-victory antics of the England cricket team at the Oval was aggravated in my case by the absurd language used in the BBC news reports about them. In the the first I caught, a newsreader solemnly intoned that players allegedly
AT THIS time of the year, when autumn is fast approaching, I find myself travelling the Oxfordshire countryside with Barnaby, my Border collie, in search of dog-friendly pubs that we can enjoy before the cold weather sets in. Obviously I have my
THREE STARS The innovative Barbershopera! took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm when they unleashed their self-titled debut show on the Scottish capital in 2008. Since then, their unique brand of a capella, barbershop-style opera, featuring three
FOUR STARS This is a fun and engaging production of Shakespeare’s matchless romantic comedy made for a delightful evening at the Old Fire Station Theatre. The Royal Air Force Theatrical Association have put heart, soul and considerable expertise
The Garden Opera Company Bizet’s Carmen Orchard Dene, Blewbury Saturday, 5.30pm Tickets: 01865 305305 or ticketsoxford.com Bring a picnic and enjoy this open-air production of Bizet’s classic opera, updated to 1920s America. The
