Arts & Culture
Discover the best news and stories about art, music, theatre, film, entertainment, and cultural events in Oxford and across Oxfordshire.
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Oxfordshire stage route revealed for 2021 Women’s Tour cycling race
The 147.6km route covers a large section of the county, heading as far south as Culham, before visiting Abingdon and Deddington on its journey north to a finish in Banbury.
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Oxford’s culture venues to continue to encourage masks after 19 July
In a collective statement, the Oxford Cultural Partnership are encouraging visitors to wear face-coverings and practice social distancing when visiting Oxford’s culture venues.
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Museum to relocate 27 million specimens to new research facility at Harwell
The Natural History Museum is relocating the specimens, around a third of its collection, to a new science and digitisation centre at Harwell Campus in Oxfordshire set to open in 2026.
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Oxford professor Samson Kambalu wins Fourth Plinth commission
The powerful sculpture depicting pan-Africanist Malawian preacher, John Chilembwe will be displayed on the ‘fourth plinth’ in London’s Trafalgar Square from 2022.
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Cowley Road Carnival Day 2021: Celebrate Carnival @ Home on 04 July
The Cowley Road Carnival spirit is undimmed as celebrations go ahead on 04 July with ‘Virtual Carnival’ from noon to 6.00pm and the ‘After Party’ on Mixcloud from 6.00pm till late.
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Over 2000 runners take part in Oxford Town and Gown 2021 10k race
More than 2000 runners took part in the 40th Muscular Dystrophy UK Oxford Town and Gown 10k race, which took place on Sunday 27 June.
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Fairport Cropredy Convention 2021 has been cancelled
It joins a long line of festival cancellations blaming lockdown extension, inability to obtain cancellation insurance or a general lack of direction and support from the Government.
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New exhibition reveals hidden wildlife at Blenheim Palace
The stunning display of wildlife photography by award-winning photographer Pete Seaward is set within a recreation of a wooden wildlife hide on the Blenheim estate.
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Henley Royal Regatta 2021 expected to go ahead in August
The regatta, one of the best-known in the world and a highlight of the summer sporting calendar and social season, will be different to help keep everyone as safe as possible.
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On the Tokyo: Art & Photography Exhibition at the Ashmolean
The exhibition looks at a city that has undergone constant destruction and renewal, telling the stories of the people who have made Tokyo so famous with their insatiable appetite for the new and innovative.
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Auto Royale Concours d’Elegance cancelled due to lockdown extension
The organisers felt they could not stage an event that worked for their sponsors, participants and the general public to the degree that they would have wished.
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Exciting line-up revealed for the Wilderness Festival 2021
The line-up will see DJ Jamie XX, hip hop musician Loyle Carner and drum and bass band Rudimental headling at the event in Cornbury Park, Chalbury this August.
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Auto Royale Concours d’Elegance at Waddesdon entrants revealed
Auto Royale has revealed the full list of entrants in its British International Concours d’Elegance set to take place at Waddesdon Manor in July.
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Shakespeare in the Garden returns to a Fuller’s pub near you
Produced by theatre company Open Bar, this year’s production sees Love’s Labour’s Lost and As You Like It taking centre stage in pub gardens across the Fuller’s estate.
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Winners revealed in Oxfordshire libraries’ 2021 short story competition
A darkly comedic satire on the themes of greed and ego and an atmospheric, cinematic horror story have been chosen as the winners of xfordshire libraries’ 2021 short story competition.
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Live organ recitals return to Merton College
Thursday Organ Recital Series resumes at Merton College for live in-person audiences. The recitals take place in the Chapel at 1.15pm each Thursday during term-time.