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The Ministry of Fear: Oxford Playhouse

10:17am Thursday 11th March 2010

GILES WOODFORDE on The Ministry of Fear, which is coming to the Playhouse

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Joanna Trollope in high spirits

11:01am Thursday 11th March 2010

Novelist is thrilled that her latest book has hurtled straight to the top of the bestseller list

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Sherlock Holmes celebrated twice

10:14am Thursday 11th March 2010

NICK UTECHIN on attempts to introduce Sherlock Holmes to a younger audience

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Simon Rae and Charlotte Edwards

10:55am Thursday 11th March 2010

A duo with local links will be appearing at Oxford Literary Festival on March 23 in Winning the Ashes: Living the Dream, in Fiction and in Fact.

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Joanne Harris's new book set to shock fans

10:50am Thursday 11th March 2010

Maggie Hartford meets Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat

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Here come the girls...

10:45am Thursday 11th March 2010

Formerly Oxford’s only female college, St Hilda’s flies the literary flag for women, writes Gill Oliver

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Focusing on young readers

10:37am Thursday 11th March 2010

Book-mad children — and those who need a bit of encouragement — will find plenty to interest them at the festival.

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Festival hosts ‘lost Booker’

10:35am Thursday 11th March 2010

Literary Editor Maggie Hartford reviews this year’s glittering line-up of authors

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Get out and go wild

10:21am Thursday 11th March 2010

Every fortnight your local Wildlife Trust gives you an expert insight into the wildlife around you. This week, Beccy Micklem, Conservation Officer at BBOWT, explains how the planning system can help our local wildlife.

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Tomatoes: A taste of summer

10:23am Thursday 11th March 2010

VAL BOURNE on the delights of growing tomatoes

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