Bite-sized review: Strada

10:23am Friday 2nd January 2009

When Strada opened in Oxford about 15 months ago, I wasn’t bowled over by the place, regarding it as a sort of Italian foodie version of All Bar One – pitched mostly at females with a few quid to lavish on Parma ham.

Celebrating Women

1:56pm Wednesday 31st December 2008

Clare Weiner’s oil paintings give SARAH MAYHEW a welcome taste of summer.

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Dream Carr

1:48pm Wednesday 31st December 2008

KATHERINE MACALISTER finds Jimmy Carr to be a talkative bloke who doesn’t mind being mobbed by his loyal fans.

Prepare For A Dramatic (And Amusing, And Toe-Tapping, And Spectacular) 2009

1:37pm Wednesday 31st December 2008

IF YOU thought the New Year was going to be all doom and gloom, just feast your eyes on this!

Seaon's Heatings

1:27pm Wednesday 31st December 2008

Katherine MacAlister wards off the chill with a stint at a top curryhouse.

Girls Together!

11:18am Wednesday 31st December 2008

FOR years, Joanna Trollope lived in Gloucestershire and wrote bestselling contemporary novels about village life.

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2009's Box Office Thrills

10:43am Wednesday 31st December 2008

So just what can you expect to see at the movies this year? Well, you’ll be delighted to hear – plenty!

The Best Is Yet To Come... (although 2008 was pretty cool)

10:34am Wednesday 31st December 2008

What a glorious old year it’s been… we’ve been caked in festival mud, doused in sweat and ropy lager at the Academy, and moshed everywhere ‘til it hurt.

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Krispy Kristmas

4:29pm Monday 22nd December 2008

Tried a Mince Pie Doughnut yet? If you haven't, and reckon it's worth a try, then Krispy Kreme outlets such as the one in Oxford Castle are the place to head for.

Levellers@ Oxford Carling Academy

1:49pm Wednesday 24th December 2008

FOR a bunch of angry, heavily political anarchic folk-rockers, The Levellers certainly know how to have a good time.