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3:48pm Friday 21st November 2008
Gill Oliver meets the creator of the Yellow Hat tribe, Oxfordshire artist Irene Tyack
12:15pm Thursday 9th October 2008
David E Langford continues his series on Oxfordshire motorsport heroes who have inspired his work
12:20pm Thursday 9th October 2008
Acupuncturist Louanne Richards reflects on the importance of balance and harmony in our lives
12:11pm Thursday 9th October 2008
Nigel Wild visits Penny Little’s wildlife sanctuary, which specialises in caring for orphaned animals
11:49am Thursday 9th October 2008
Chris McLaren reflects on the marvellous diversity of mushrooms and toadstools
11:39am Thursday 9th October 2008
Ann Williams reflects on the art of village signs — and asks why our county hasn’t got more of them . . .
11:32am Thursday 9th October 2008
Denise Barkley visits magical Malta and finds its colonial roots evident at every turn
11:07am Thursday 9th October 2008
Sylvia Vetta meets the Bishop of Oxford, John Pritchard
10:57am Thursday 9th October 2008
Julie Webb visits an exhibition for dedicated followers of fashion . . .
10:47am Thursday 9th October 2008
The Pinotage grape is unique to South African winemakers. A cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsault, it was the brainchild of a professor at the University of Stellebosch in the 1920s.
This week is The Oxford Times Wine Club Christmas Tasting and, with just four weeks to go until Christmas Day, it is an excellent opportunity to sample a specially-selected range of wines for the festive season.
One of the pictures on this page gives a good impression of the delights to be enjoyed at the Mole and Chicken on one of those sunny days that now seem as far as can be from our present situation.
I had trouble shifting my +1 for the musical Imagine This, which opened last week at the New London Theatre. No-one was interested (one German friend would have come, but funnily enough I hadn’t thought to ask him), and while nobody actually said, “Sounds like a gas”, there were plenty of unprintable responses, averaging out at: “Holocaust – the musical? Um, no thanks . . . ”
Another winter rolls in and, to cheer our spirits, Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company travel hither and yon through the county with colour, music and fun trailing in their wake. For those of us who live in villages these harbingers of the festive season are a welcome sight.
Sacked Oxford United boss Darren Patterson feels he was “so close” to bringing the club success.
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