So on Friday night instead of falling into a heap as we usually do at the end of the working week we met up with Jam’s friend David to attend China night, a free event hosted at the most excellent (& cultural) Ashmolean. The torches outside promised it would be a hot event and they Read more about Ashmolean China night[…]
So despite living in Oxfordshire for more than 5 years I’ve never visited Bleinheim palace, this was righted at the weekend when we took a trip with James boss and his lovely girlfriend. This was the little train that took us to explore the pleasure gardens. We started with the maze: Chris & Jam at Read more about A visit to Bleinheim[…]
So this weekend I was lucky enough to attend a reading with Joanne Harris, the event was part of this years Oxford Literary Festival, and it was a corker! Initially I wasn’t lucky enough to get a ticket, but thanks to a very lovely lady called Pearl, a desperate message on twitter, the Oxford lit Read more about A cat, a hat, a piece of string (with added scones and a reading)[…]
So this weekend we were lucky enough to have Mr Alexander Wood to visit for the day. As it was a Sunday some of the places we would have taken him were shut, so lunch in the kings arms and a leisurely wander round the Pitt Rivers were decided on. I fell in love with Read more about Alex comes to visit[…]
Jam and I had tickets to see the most excellent Ralfe Band perform at the Rotunda (one of the ‘outbuildings, if you can call it that, at Grove house in Iffley, you can find what else is on there here). It was I have to say an awesome venue, the upper balcony reminding me a Read more about Ralfing about[…]
So today my friend Anna and I headed off to check out two exhibitions at the as yet officially unopened Story Museum in Oxford (its due to open properly in 2015, I really cannot wait). The first was Rochesters EXTRAORDINARY story loom, a large steampunk creation with a backstory which must have made the writers Read more about The Story Museum[…]
So this year to celebrate my birthday (well I should say to start my birthday celebrations as I still have Harry Potter studios and a maybe visit to Cirencester to come) we went on a bat watch organised by the earth trust. The walk took place at local area of natural beauty wittenham clumps, where Read more about Birthday Bats[…]
Every year as part of the Literature festival a ‘chancellors’ Lecture takes place, someone is invited by the chancellor of the univesity to sit and chat with him. This year it was the turn of Vikram Seth. It is no secret in our house that I think Vikram Seth a VERY fine writer (An Equal Read more about Vikram Seth comes to Oxford[…]
I have been waiting patiently for the new x-men film to come out for a while. When I was little I was a HUGE fan of the cartoons (& while I will acknowledge the films aren’t quite as good) they tap in to fond memories of childhood of drawing a lot of characters and hoping Read more about X in Ox[…]
Most excellently this year May Day was on a Sunday, so Jam and I got up really early and drove into Oxford (after last years shennanigans with my bike getting a puncture and me getting stuck in the rain half way home in full Morris kit, I think this driving plan may well be the Read more about May Day comes again[…]