Culture News & Updates
- 7th August 2015
After nine months of hard work the Museum of Oxford Friends (MoOF) launch on Friday June 12th in the Old Museum was a resounding success. Here are some more details of their aims and needs - let them know if you'd like to help in any way.
- 2nd July 2015
You’re never short of a thing or two to do in Oxford, but in case you were wondering what the hottest things in town were this weekend, take a look at our list of what-not-to-miss! There are things for the whole family, from a celebration of Alice in Wonderland, to a street festival, plus a whole lot more – Oxford’s got it all! For more details, head on over to our website: https://www.thebestof.co.uk/local/oxford/events
- 31st January 2015
As would be expected of this university city, Oxford has a huge number of excellent museums - some very specialist and some more general. Our website has a comprehensive listing, but this article highlights the top 5 most visited museums in Oxford.
- 5th December 2014
The city of Oxford is once again playing host to hundreds of talented artists from all around the world when it stages the second Oxford International Art Fair from 6th to 8th February 2015, with this year’s event taking over not one but three halls at the city’s magnificent town hall.
- 13th October 2014
A quick review of where best to find some interesting and original music in some equally unusual venues off the beaten track.
- 27th September 2014
How many times have you heard some well established principle of the natural world dismissed as “Well... it’s only a theory, so what?” How is this a gross misuse of the term 'theory' in the proper sense of the word?
- 12th August 2014
Hello and welcome to what will be a periodical, and in many ways irregular, blog dealing with various random aspects of music in Oxford and beyond.
- 12th July 2014
Could a machine have a mind? Could a computer think? What is consciousness and could it be created in something other than a brain?
- 24th June 2014
What is Alice Day and what activities are going on in Oxford to celebrate it?
- 30th November 2011
Summertown based "Christopher & Angela Legge Oriental Carpets" are long-established specialists in antique & contemporary hand knotted rugs & textiles of quality. Visit them in the run up to Christmas to see their exhibition.