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Visiting Oxford - Things to See and Do
Start out at the Grog Shop in Kingston Road, equipped with a picnic, and walk down to Port Meadow. Cross the river and walk along the Thames Path. The first stretch is ...
Jessica Osborne (DI User) - 20 August, 2010
The Duchess [12A]
If you are planning an entertaining evening out, don't spend your money on 'The Duchess'. It is a potentially fascinating story, sadly sold out on the 'Diana' ticket, with vapid results. For ...
Jessica Osborne (DI User) - 9 September, 2008
Love in the Time of Cholera [15]
This is a great story set in South America, and the scenery is stunning. What starts out as a young, romantic love story journeys through violence to heart-breaking realism, and through what ...
Jessica Osborne (DI User) - 17 April, 2008
Aqueous Poetry Competition
WaterwomenCould it be …that water has things in commonwith us fifty-something women,no longer mingled with the wine of youththat gladdens the heart of man?Distilled, sparkling, fresh or salty,running hot or cold,pervasive, or ...
Jessica Osborne (DI User) - 3 August, 2007
The Painted Veil [12A]
Great book, great story, excellent film,wonderful scenery, evocative music - see it (take a handkerchief). ...
Jessica Osborne (DI User) - 28 April, 2007
Becoming Jane [PG]
‘You are not going to cry, are you,’ said my friend as we settled into the back row of the Phoenix. ‘I like to cry’, I said, ‘In fact’, I continued, as ...
Jessica Osborne (DI User) - 10 March, 2007
Marie Antoinette [12A]
'I never said, "Let them eat cake" - I wouldn't say a thing like that.' Verdict: an expensive costume non-drama. The elephant was good, but we suggest that Kirsten Dunst is put ...
Jessica Osborne (DI User) - 21 October, 2006
Autumn Poetry Competition
Silly Poem for Autumn
It always comes as a surprise,
The way the sun’s right in your eyes –
In autumn.
To breakfast at the Excelsior –
The Cowley Road is just a blur,
And then cascades of ...
Jessica Osborne (DI User) - 20 October, 2006
The History Boys [15]
Seven clever boys working for the Oxford entrance exam in a Grammar School in Sheffield, two masters - one a formulaic young Thatcherite, the other an old school all-rounder - a born-again ...
Jessica Osborne (DI User) - 14 October, 2006
The Queen [12A]
We have been to see the Queen - the current much-rave-reviewed film with Helen Mirren, not the Buckingham Palace reality.
The Queen is a reconstruction of the life of the Royal Family during ...
Jessica Osborne (DI User) - 21 September, 2006
