Arts & Entertainment
The best art, music, theatre, film and cultural happenings in Oxfordshire.
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Blenheim Palace receives grant for Grand Bridge preservation work
Blenheim Palace has received a grant worth more than half a million pounds for preservation work from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund.
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Autumn reading list: The Booker Prize 2020 shortlist
Booker Prize 2020 Shortlist has been announced and it’s a history-making group of writers for the prize. Now there’s your autumn reading list sorted.
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Cecily Brown at Blenheim Palace with British heritage and aristocracy as a subject
The Cecily Brown Exhibition at Blenheim Palace offers charged reinterpretations of the Spencer-Churchill family’s collection of artworks.
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North Wall reopening: An exhibition of painting and textiles
North Wall reopens with exhibition of new painting and textiles Contemplation: Snow Into Water – a celebration of nature and its calming effect on the mind.
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Pitt Rivers Museum reopening will reveal critical changes to displays
Pitt Rivers Museum reopening on 22 September will reveal critical changes to displays as part of a decolonisation process.
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Pitt Rivers Museum and Museum of Natural History to reopen on 22 September
The Pitt Rivers Museum and the Museum of Natural History have announced that they will both reopen to the public on Tuesday 22 September.
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Oxford University appoints acoustician to develop a world-class concert hall
Oxford University has appointed a specialist acoustician to help create a new concert hall to rival the best in the world at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre.
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Blenheim Art Foundation exhibition by acclaimed British artist Cecily Brown
The Blenheim Art Foundation will unveil a major solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Cecily Brown at Blenheim Palace this September.
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British Eventing cease organisation of Blenheim Palace Horse Trials
The British Eventing Board has announced that it will no longer be organising the Blenheim Palace Horse Trials going forward.
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The 2020 Booker Prize longlist has been announced
The longlist, or ‘The Booker Dozen’, for The 2020 Booker Prize was announced on 28 July 2020. The 2020 longlist, or ‘The Booker Dozen’, of 13 novels was selected by […]
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2020 Beautiful Blenheim Photography competition award winners
The winning entries in the International Garden Photographer of the Year 2020 Beautiful Blenheim Photography competition – celebrating the beauty of this extraordinary location.
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Oxfordshire bookshops shortlisted for 2020 Independent Bookshop awards
Abingdon-based Mostly Books and Bicester-based Coles Books have been shortlisted as regional finalists for the 2020 Independent Bookshop of the Year awards