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We're interested in anything and everything in Oxford: theatre, food, music, walks, cinema, exhibitions... We also run features on matters of general interest - if you've got an idea for a feature, let us know!

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Cinema Reviews

With 20 commercial screens and several college facilities, Oxford avidly watches everything from blockbusters (Vue & Odeon) to arthouse (Phoenix and the Ultimate Picture Palace)

Star Trek Into Darkness [12A]: I've been a trekkie for a long time. I love the sunlit world of classic Trek,...read more

The Great Gatsby [12A]: If you read the lines "always try to see the best in people" and "just...read more

Star Trek Into Darkness [12A]: Star Trek disappears into a black hole!  Watch it in 3D - it actually...read more

The Gatekeepers [15]: The Gatekeepers is a very complete and politically insightful documentary. It...read more

Mud [12A]: Mud, Mud, glorious Mud. Director Jeff Nichols off the back of his dark and disturbing...read more

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Shelley’s Ghost: Reshaping The Image of a Literary Family: To do this intellectual exhibition full justice would require a decade of study,...read more (3 January 2011)

Exhibitions

Oxford has everything from the cutting edge at Modern Art Oxford (Pembroke St), to the third largest collection of Raphael and Michelangelo drawings in the world (the Ashmolean, Beaumont St). The Pitt Rivers (anthropological) Museum in Parks Road is also worthy of note, not to mention dozens of individual galleries at colleges and other institutions.

Oxfordshire Artweeks 2013: Two exhibitions in Wheatley well worth seeing this weekend! First of all textile...read more

Oxfordshire Artweeks 2013: I highly recommend the Philip Jolley & Rose Wallace Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition...read more

Oxfordshire Artweeks 2013: Alan Franklin uses only graphite and paper to create hypnotic abstract 'flat...read more

Oxfordshire Artweeks 2013: Ceri Allen's exhibition City Life at Corpus Christi College shows lonely, alienated...read more

Oxfordshire Artweeks 2013: The Workshop Studios are a hidden gem on St Mary's Road, OX4. Visit for...read more

Features

Hairdressers, festivals, books, competitions and the fishing crisis - here's a random selection, and check out our Books and Features page for more.

Food & Drink

Search for your nearest Thai takeaway or browse the beer reviews on our guides: Oxford Restaurants and CafésOxford Pubs & Bars

The Masons Arms (Headington Quarry): The Masons Arms is an early twentieth century pub hidden in the delightful splendour...read more

Red Star: Red Star is a Chinese/Japanese/Thai restaurant on the Cowley Road. They offer...read more

Gino´s : Gino's Spaghetti House is tucked away on the outskirts of Gloucester Green...read more

The Six Bells, Headington: The Six Bells is rather a pleasant surprise. Situated just off the main road near...read more

Café Tarifa: Tarifa is a pretty venue with a nice atmosphere. The drinks are overly expensive...read more

Music Reviews

With everything from Europe's oldest concert hall, a theatre capable of staging Wagner and many a murky gig dive, Oxford is a magnet for performing musicians of all tastes and specialities.

WOOD Festival: Once again, Wood Festival proves that small is beautiful. It's a bit like...read more

Klaxons, Go On Do It Jump: Klaxons’ intriguingly titled support band for the night, Go On, Do It, Jump,...read more

Wood Festival 2013 Competiton: ...read more

Wood Festival 2013 Competiton: Runner-up!   Cool jelly ear fungus found when walking in Wayford Woods...read more

Wood Festival 2013 Competiton:   Runner-up! Nothing beats the wilds of Montana.... ...read more

Theatre Reviews

Oxford hosts an extraordinarily wide range of dramatic entertainment, from student drama, to local professional and amateur groups, to national companies on tour.

The Seagull: When Chekov premiered The Seagull on the 17th of October 1896 at the Alexadriskey...read more

An Inspector Calls: Time has been good to J.B. Priestley’s magnificent piece of socialist polemic,...read more

An Inspector Calls: JB Priestly's critique of I'm-all-right-Jack individualism, in which a...read more

The Oh F**k Moment: This is a collaboration between poet Hannah Jane Walker and theatre maker Chris...read more

Frost/Nixon: Verbal spats are the Oxford Union’s bread and butter. Audiences expect to...read more