Mercure Oxford Hawkwell House Hotel appoints new Director of Sales
The boutique hotel has appointed Isabela Dumbrava to design and implement new creative strategies for the hotel, overseeing all marketing and help put the venue on the map as a go-to destination in Oxfordshire.
Family-run Il Principe deli and takeaway on Cowley Road is celebrating 20 years
After serendipitously discovering the empty storefront at 82 Cowley Road, Domenico Iorio and his family are celebrating the 20th anniversary of Il Principe, their independent Italian Delicatessen and Takeaway on Cowley Road, this December.
John Bishop announces 2024 tour with confirmed dates for Oxford
John Bishop has announced a 57-date live tour in 2024, entitled Back At It, with confirmed dates for New Theatre Oxford.
Diary notes: Henley Festival set to return in 2024
Henley Festival – the UK’s only black-tie music and arts festival – will return to the beautiful riverside in Henley-on-Thames from Wednesday, 10 July to Sunday, 14 July 2024.
TreeDwellers to unveil its inaugural property in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds in March
The seven distinctive dwellings, enveloped in timber and glass to mirror the organic contours of nature, will be nestled within the expansive 1,700 acres of ancient woodland in Cornbury Park.
8 singers chosen for public final of Bampton Classical Opera Young Singers’ Competition 2023
After an exciting first round of the Bampton Classical Opera Young Singers’ Competition 2023 in London, eight singers have been chosen for the Public Final in the Leonard Wolfson Auditorium in Oxford.
Lead Cast announced for An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical
The producers of the Curve production of An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical have announced the lead cast for the musical set to open at The Alexandra, Birmingham, on 23 February 2024 and stopover at New Theatre Oxford from 27 May to 01 June.
Oxford’s Harrison’s Fish & Chip Co. selected as a finalist in brand new The Peter Hill Award
Harrison’s Fish & Chip Co., a much-loved chippy on Botley Road in Oxford, is celebrating having been recognised as a finalist in a brand new national fish and chip shop award, ‘The Peter Hill Award’!
Family set to launch Neapolitan Panuozzo Bar Il Corno in Oxford’s Covered Market
Located in one of the market’s central units and named after the traditional Neapolitan amulet worn to bring good luck and prosperity, Il Corno will offer its guests two of the most characteristic street foods from the popular Neapolitan cuisine – panuozzi and taralli.
First acts Announced for Blenheim Palace’s Nocturne Live concert series in 2024
The much-loved, multi-million-selling Australian pop group Crowded House, nine-time Grammy-winning US singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, and Mercury and Brit-nominated duo Turin Brakes are the first acts to be announced for next summer’s Nocturne Live concert series.
