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Rainer Hersch: All Classical Music Explained
Since many people are too young to recall musical prodigy and stand-up comic Victor Borge, Rainer Hersch may best be described to the uninitiated as the classical music fan's Bill Bailey. Radio ...
Liz Graham (Unverified) - 24 June, 2009
Hammer and Tongue
Hammer and Tongue's new season sees it return to the Cowley Road, where it was born some years ago in the tiny, packed and sweaty basement bar of the Brickworks to co-founders Steve ...
Liz Graham (Unverified) - 3 March, 2009
The Big Bang
I'm ashamed to say that last Tuesday was the first time I'd ever eaten at The Big Bang. Ashamed, because it looks like I've been missing out on something pretty special. As ...
Su Jordan (DI Staff) - 22 October, 2007
Monika, Herbert, and Forever More They Wait
Lolapoloza is a nice little space, and since you can't fit very much in it, it helps when the work is of a high quality. The response of my companion to the ...
Su Jordan (DI Staff) - 3 September, 2007
Door 74
This place is a bit of a find. Good organic food, cooked simply and well, and their summer lunch deal - 1 main from the selected menu plus a drink (house wine ...
Liz Graham (Unverified) - 7 August, 2007
Ennio Marchetto - The Living Cartoon
After a while in your seat at this hilariously camp lip-synching, impersonation and paper magic show, if you were squinting your eyes and suspending your disbelief, you'd be forgiven for thinking you WERE ...
Roo (DI Reviewer) - 19 July, 2007
The Victoria Arms
This very popular punt stop pub is a big draw with visitors and locals alike, and has the looks to prove why. Also, thank goodness, it's not been pined up in a ...
Liz Graham (Unverified) - 11 July, 2007
Kate Nash, Peggy Sue & The Pirates, Rebecca Mosley
I'd never heard of Kate Nash, but having come across Peggy Sue and the Pirates on the dreaded (wonderful!) Myspace, I knew who I wanted to see at this gig. Unfortunately my ...
Liz Graham (Unverified) - 4 April, 2007
Chantelle Pike: EP Launch
Whether on her own with her trusty acoustic guitar in her regular gigs at Oxford's QI Club, or fronting a full amplified three piece with guest artists, there's no doubt about one ...
Liz Graham (Unverified) - 23 January, 2007
Borat [15]
Ha ha ha haaa! This film is so wrong, it's right. I laughed myself stupid along with an almost full cinema of others as Borat blundered his way across the US ...
Su Jordan (DI Staff) - 6 November, 2006
Oxford Revue 2006: Girl Meets Boy
Oh dear. I really want to say something nice about this show, and this troupe in general, primarily because it takes so much energy and commitment to get a full show together ...
Liz Graham (Unverified) - 11 October, 2006
Mary's Garden, Hangman's Joe, Su Jordan, Mark Bosley Band
I'm sorry to say I missed the first two acts here (apologies to them) but I got to see the whole of both Hangman's Joe and Mary's Garden's sets. Hangman's Joe's macabre ...
Liz Graham (Unverified) - 14 June, 2006
The Beard Museum
The Beard Museum, hidden away in the dreaded Purple Turtle on a Sunday evening, is thus a fairly well-kept secret. BM audiences aren’t there by mistake – they’re there to sit and ...
Su Jordan (DI Staff) - 17 February, 2006
Tick Tock Café
Newly refurbished and renamed, Tick Tock (formerly La Croissanterie) is ideally situated for sitting and watching the bustle of the Plain through its broad plate-glass frontage. Considerably expanded in its new incarnation, ...
Liz Graham (Unverified) - 3 March, 2005
