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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New report reveals Blenheim Palace local economic impact in 2019/20
The newly-released report undertaken by Oxford Brookes Business School has shown a sharp rise in the estate’s contribution to the local economy.
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Cornbury Festival 2021 to go ahead with Bryan Adams headlining
Oxfordshire’s much loved festival will go ahead as a socially distanced festival from 09 to 11 July 2021, and the rest of the line-up will be announced early in the New Year.
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Join the creative writing competition by The Hummingbird Centre
Fancy yourself the next Charles Dickens or J.K.Rowling? Or perhaps John Lennon or Annie Lennox are more your thing?
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The independent bookshops to explore in Oxfordshire
We are incredibly fortunate to have a diverse and vibrant range of independent bookshops in Oxfordshire that are perfect for whiling away the tedious hours after brunch.
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The Jockey Club to organise Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials from 2021
The Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials is a pinnacle of the eventing calendar and normally takes place over four days in September each year.
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Oxfordshire Libraries announces annual short story competition for 2021
The winner from each of the three categories will see their short story published as an e-book; available via the library website to be borrowed and read across Oxfordshire.
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In Pictures: The Oxford Christmas Market 2019
With the sound of choirs singing Christmas carols, the sight of market traders offering unusual and handmade gifts and the aroma of mulled wine and cinnamon drifting in the air – reminisce about the Oxford Christmas Market 2019.
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Didcot Railway Centre selected for contemporary art programme
Didcot Railway Centre is one of six museums and heritage sites selected by Arts&Heritage to work in partnership with artists to commission a new work of art inspired by each venue.
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Blenheim Palace has received £1.8m Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage grant
Blenheim Palace has received a £1.8m grant from the government’s Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage as part of a nationwide rescue scheme to safeguard some of the UK’s most important cultural sites.
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Bicester Heritage to host a new Retro style CarFest in 2021
It’s official, Bicester Heritage to host a new Retro style CarFest in 2021, and tickets go on sale on 05 November 2020.
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Exclusive performance by percussionist Joby Burgess premiers as part of #OFAvirtual
His performance of Fanta® is taken from his suite for global junk ‘Import/Export’ in which urban composer Gabriel Prokofiev combines African soda bottles and live looping.
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Femke Dekkers’ Open Space – An exhibition at Zuleika Gallery in Woodstock
Femke Dekkers’ work is a fascinating exploration of the disparate ways we see things; of how the eye, brain and camera all interpret space differently.
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Oxford is full of incredible women, and each has their own intriguing story
The 100 Women of Oxford Exhibition at The North Wall Arts Centre features portraits of incredible women who live in this city along with their incredibly intriguing stories.
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Witney Christmas Lights Switch-on Event 2020 cancelled
The Witney Christmas Lights Switch-on Event 2020 has been cancelled. Although there will be no big Switch-on Event, there will still be Christmas lights in Market Square.
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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.