http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/ The Oxford Times /leisure/ en-gb Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:24:57 +0100 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:24:57 +0100 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/resources/images/727338/?type=rsslogo http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/ http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/4469134.Oxford_Shakespeare_Company__Romeo_and_Juliet/?ref=rss GILES WOODFORDE on a Romeo and Juliet production set and performed in Oxford Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100 e8bfc2b3dfecf7df8891b20f81796072 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/4469138.Cornbury_Festival_preview/?ref=rss REG LITTLE looks ahead to next weekend’s Cornbury Festival Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100 19e0387fb77d4df139e1d6f5059138b0 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/4469163.Justitia__Oxford_Playhouse/?ref=rss Next week dance legend Jasmin Vardimon brings her latest work Justitia to the Oxford Playhouse. It’s a whodunnit, she tells our dance critic David Bellan Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:10:00 +0100 48a9f4d544b8ea44c64055e29e81285d http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/4469257.WildCRU_get_down_to_work/?ref=rss PETER BARRINGTON on conservation efforts by Oxford University scientists Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:30:00 +0100 4c746127f2315a11d7c6d68fb403adfb http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/4469267.Get_out_and_go_wild/?ref=rss Every fortnight your local Wildlife Trust gives you an expert insight into the wildlife around you and shares some tips on how to enjoy it. Tranquil, balmy summer days, with blue skies and fragrant air, are the prefect time to enjoy our local landscapes. HELEN WALSH, BBOWT writer, predicts a riot of colour in the countryside as our roadside verges and farmland edges brim with the wild flowers of yesteryear. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:30:00 +0100 ba934e8b3531a534075f502e79856155 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/4469238.Council_rates_the_cleanest_eateries/?ref=rss July is the month when I sometimes discuss food hygiene and warn of the food poisoning incidents that can occur when food is not kept at the correct temperature during the warm summer months. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:30:00 +0100 d607b112915653eb51eee291dfb578e6 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/4470577.Guerilla_gardening/?ref=rss VAL BOURNE on fearless nighttime efforts to brighten derelict plots Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:32:17 +0100 1a5fc2253b366bf2d0b38bb3d7a723b1 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/4469271.Ramadan_Moon/?ref=rss Oxford illustrator Shirin Adl, who grew up in Iran, has collaborated with Muslim convert Na’ima Robert to produce Ramadan Moon (Frances Lincoln, £11.99) a lyrical picture book which captures the spirit of the festival for young children. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:40:00 +0100 8c13447b9a84f71b9bba51ec49e6c230 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/4469277.Return_to_childhood_haunts/?ref=rss Nicholas Shakespeare, former literary editor of the Daily Telegraph, acclaimed novelist and biographer, meets me in the St. Giles Café, a tiny, 1960s-era time capsule. The small, bustling place is lorded over by a lady owner who, following an hour’s wide-ranging conversation, barks at us: “You’ve been here for over an hour now. I have a business to run and I don’t want to turn away customers.” Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:40:00 +0100 152f13d383b21217cc014baba5be46de http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/4469268.Return_of_the_Fat_Man/?ref=rss IDNIGHT FUGUE Reginald Hill (HarperCollins, £17.99) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:30:00 +0100 80a0eafde9e1b9da25742014e704cbf7