Profile: Lucy Askew - Creating something special

Lucy Askew

3:39pm Thursday 16th May 2013

It doesn’t seem long since Creation Theatre was in serious financial trouble, with the 16-year-old company facing almost certain closure.

Profile: Michele Smith reveals Oxford's forgotten beauty

Transformed: Michele Smith in St John the Evangelist

10:24am Friday 10th May 2013

Matt Ayres talks to the woman behind the creation of a significant concert venue in East Oxford

Now he's caring for the river

6:00pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

Reg Little talks to Dr Dick Mayon-White about his book on the nature reserves of the Thames

Protecting Oxford's visual heritage

5:01pm Thursday 25th April 2013

By virtue of the sheer number of postcards sent from this city to all corners over the summer months, the views of Oxford’s spires must be among the most recognisable in the country.

Profile: Michael Grange runs a seriously hospitable place

His pride and joy: Michael Grange outside The Randolph

1:56pm Thursday 18th April 2013

Tim Hughes talks to the general manager of an Oxford institution, the five-star Randolph Hotel

Profile: Christopher Compston - a grand old man bows out

Christopher Compston in his garden

2:32pm Thursday 21st February 2013

Mark Taylor talks to Christopher Compston, who has retired as a judge after a quarter of a century

Oxfam's remarkable journey

Sex and the City actress Kristin Davis

1:43pm Monday 17th September 2012

Damian Fantato looks ahead to a celebratory night at the Playhouse next month for the Oxford-based charity

Late love and another book

Pulling together: Julie Summers and son Simon sculling on the River Thames last week Picture: OX53799 by Marc West

8:00am Thursday 23rd August 2012

REG LITTLE talks to author Julie Summers about her passion for rowing and new book

Keeping the flame alive

Keeping the flame alive

8:00am Thursday 9th August 2012

REG LITTLE looks ahead to the Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials, which are being held next month

It's the one that got away

It's the one that got away

8:00am Thursday 2nd August 2012

To the Italians Mensun Bound has always been a hero.

The boy did flaming well

The boy did flaming well

8:00am Thursday 26th July 2012

REG LITTLE talks to the county’s Olympic Torch designer Jay Osgerby ahead of the opening ceremony

Quiz in a play with a quiz

Not so dry run: Dr Stuart Lee, right, and cast members at the dress rehearsal of Quiz Night at the Britannia          Picture: OX52437 by Ben Mostyn

7:40am Thursday 5th July 2012

“It’s a quiz — a quiz in a play with a quiz.” The Oxford don Dr Stuart Lee is describing his new play.

Tiger Tim now a Jaguar

Tiger Tim now a Jaguar

8:20am Thursday 28th June 2012

REG LITTLE talks to former British No 1 Tim Henman about memories of Wimbledon and the future

Dreaming of Oxfordshire

Dreaming of Oxfordshire

8:00am Thursday 21st June 2012

REG LITTLE talks to opera singer Katherine Jenkins ahead of next month’s return to the Henley Festival

Boogie-woogie royalty

Boogie woogie royalty

7:40am Thursday 14th June 2012

REG LITTLE talks to Jools Holland as he prepares to take the stage at the Cornbury music festival

The next literary sensation

The next literary sensation

7:30am Thursday 31st May 2012

REG LITTLE talks to Samantha Shannon about her fantasy series set in 2059 and a ‘secret’ Oxford

Passion displayed in ink

Passion displayed in ink

12:48pm Monday 28th May 2012

REG LITTLE talks to Oxford author Hugh Warwick about his new book and how he got this tattoo

Belated salute to war dead

Belated salute to war dead

8:30am Thursday 17th May 2012

As a retired bell-ringer, Oxford University physicist Ray Rook is well used to focusing minds on the village church in North Hinksey.

Divisive and now departing

Divisive and now departing

7:20am Thursday 10th May 2012

“I might have had David Cameron’s job.” Pondering an intriguing ‘might have been’, Keith Mitchell is quick to explain he is not talking about Downing Street but the Prime Minister’s safe Witney seat.

Looking back with Theresa

Marilyn Yurdan, her book and the former Holton Park Grammar School

7:30am Thursday 3rd May 2012

A glance at the cover of Marilyn Yurdan’s new book, School Songs and Gymslips, brings to mind a certain riotous school for young ladies. But don’t let the title and sketches of tearaway hockey players and blondes struggling with exam papers fool you.



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