OXFORD’S Festival of the Arts, which runs for a fortnight, starts tomorrow.

Magdalen College School helps to organise the festival which is now in its ninth year and takes place at a number of venues across the city.

The festival programme features a colourful mix of music, literature, theatre, art, comedy, and workshops.

A theme of this year’s festival, which runs until July 8, is inclusivity and diversity.

Darcey Bussell CBE, the most successful British ballerina of her generation, will speak at the festival marquee on Friday, July 7 from 6pm to 7pm.