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Royal red is good crowd pleaser

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:25:07 +0000

When you buy wine for an event, your main consideration is cost. Generally this means the wine is cheap. But what do you do if you are the Queen?

The school of hard knocks

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:15:09 +0000

For 12 years, Vivienne Franzmann worked as a drama teacher in several North London comprehensive schools.

Simon Munnery: The North Wall

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:08:46 +0000

When comedian Simon Munnery last passed in October 2010 as warm-up to Stewart Lee at the Regal in Cowley Road, writes Nick Utechin.

Brothers rise to the occasion

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:02:45 +0000

Tom and Henry Herbert, The Fabulous Baker Brothers, are so busy it’s almost impossible to pin them down.

Get out and go wild

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:50:00 +0000

For the last 12 months, the ‘office’ of PENNY SILVERWOOD has been the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust’s beautiful Warburg Nature reserve. Her latest project is in the reserve’s darkest place . . .

The Noughties by Ben Masters

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:10:00 +0000

The Noughties by Ben Masters (Hamish Hamilton, £12.99)

The Days of Our Vanity

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:10:00 +0000

Musician Richard Leigh Harris spent nearly 30 years in Oxford composing, performing, teaching and lecturing — and reviewing for The Oxford Times.

Coping with frustration of ADHD

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:50:00 +0000

Sam was a bright and lively little boy but was very unhappy at school. He was criticised for being distracted, slow and messy.

The Longwall Beefeater, Oxford Business Park, Cowley

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:04:38 +0000

The Longwall Beefeater was purpose built in 1995 at Oxford Business park on the site of part of the Rover works.

The Woman in Black and The Muppets

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:53:43 +0000

Less is certainly more in The Woman in Black, a chilling film version of the novel by Susan Hill, which has been re-imagined as a television movie, a radio series and a hit stage play in the 30 years since its publication.