Living it up at the festival of death
Oxford will be gripped by all things deathly later this month. Debbie Waite meets the founder of a festival which aims to shine a light on the dark subject of dying
Oxford will be gripped by all things deathly later this month. Debbie Waite meets the founder of a festival which aims to shine a light on the dark subject of dying
FROM Princes to paupers, death is the world’s true leveller. A three-week festival plans to put the subject in the spotlight and banish the taboo around mortality. Debbie Waite reports
IN their jobs for South Central Ambulance Service, Dick Tracey and David England’s rapid response can mean the difference between life and death. But at weekends the classic car enthusiasts slow down the traffic for a very different reason.
AS part of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week, Debbie Waite talks to sufferers and fundraisers putting their energy into fighting this indiscriminate, unpredictable disease.
BELLYDANCING to beat breast cancer will top the bill when Oxford Middle Eastern Dance Society (OMEDS) hosts a unique one-woman show by breast cancer survivor Yvette Cowles tonight.
TWO months since losing her mum to cancer, Aileen Mothersill is channelling her grief into helping others.
TEA and sympathy is taking on new meaning acoss the county this year as a series of ‘Death Cafes’ seek to shed light on the dark subject of death. Debbie Waite reports
OXFORD will welcome more than 100 ‘bon amis’ from across the Channel later this month, when it hosts a week-long cultural festival to mark 25 years of twinning with Grenoble in France. Debbie Waite reports
THE under-threat Radley Walk has been saved by three volunteers – including the grand-daughter of one the men who started the Good Friday event half-a-century ago.
KELLEY Spacey, whose mother Janet Priest died of pancreatic cancer, has thanked Oxford Mail readers for their ‘incredible boost’ to a national campaign for more funding into the disease. Watch the video celebrating the achievement.
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