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1/1 LITTLE Clarendon Street, at the entrance to Jericho is fast becoming Oxford’s hair-dressing quarter. But the numerous stylists and barbers there have a new kid on the block which is, to excuse the pun, a real ‘cut above’. Blushes is an oasis of calm; slick and stylish but also cheerful. The youthful buzz and warm welcome is refreshing – especially to a man more used to brusque, personality-free barber shops where the only sound is that of snipping and the rustle ...

A first-class honours graduate, who was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome while at university, has landed a role at the Ashmolean Museum.

Long Read: Returning heritage Filed on April 30, 2021 | Last updated on April 30, 2021 at 10.12 am Gifted, looted or stolen — Britain has a large number of priceless artefacts from India, other former colonies and elsewhere. but now, some are on their way back home as demands grow Stepping into India House in central London is like stepping back in time. Designed by the legendary architect Herbert Baker and inaugurated by King George V in 1930, the home of India’s high commission is...

When it reopens it will be called the Randolph Hotel, part of the Graduate Hotels collection. A bedroom at the Randolph Hotel Picture: Graduate Hotels In the latest artist’s impression released by the hotel chain, showing the lobby, the Graduate title can be clearly seen on the front desk. A spokeswoman for the chain said earlier: “We can confirm that the hotel will be opening in June.” The ballroom at the Randolph Hotel Picture: Graduate Hotels She added: “Graduate Hote...

Driven by the widening gap artists continue to face, spurred by lack of gallery representation, art fair cancellations, shuttered physical galleries, and dwindling exhibition opportunities, ArtEmerge, one of the first artist-owned virtual galleries, announces its launch and inaugural exhibition Unbroken: Cross Currents and Contemporary Time will “go live” on April 20, 2021. Curated by Jennifer Chi, Ph.D, the exhibition illustrates how time has a multiplicity of meanings by  the diverse wor...

Art Industry News: Adrian Piper Says Paris’s Slavery Memorial Risks Becoming an ‘International Embarrassment’ + Other Stories Plus, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts hires its first Black curator and critics are not impressed with Damien Hirsts comeback effort. April 13, 2021 Adrian Piper after winning the Golden Lion for best artist in Okwui Enwezors biennial exhibition "All the Worlds Futures" at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015. (Photo by Awakening/Getty Images) Art Industry News is a d...

Old Schools Quad at the Bodleian Libraries Weddings and civil partnership ceremonies are allowed for up to 15 people in Covid secure venues from tomorrow. From May 17 weddings and civil partnership ceremonies are permitted for up to 30 people, and no earlier than June 21 the Government aims to remove all limits on weddings, civil partnership ceremonies and receptions. So is it time to get planning? Bayley Eyley, of Event Styling and Management company Be Eventful (www.beeventful.uk) rec...

Levs Violin by Helena Attlee review – a musical quest Jamie Mackay © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images One summer’s night, at a concert in a small Welsh town, Helena Attlee finds herself blown away by the sound of an exotic stringed instrument. The timbre is sweet and rotund, like nothing she’s heard before. After the encore she hunts down the performer, a man named Greg, who plays with one of Britain’s major symphony orchestras, to f...

Tony Bravo April 8, 2021Updated: April 8, 2021, 12:09 pm The of the Legion of Honor art museum. Photo: Smith Collection/Gado, Getty Images The Legion of Honor museum will reopen in early May, with two new highly anticipated exhibitions, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco announced Thursday, April 8. The Legion is scheduled to reopen May 5 to members and May 7 to the general public, observing 25% capacity restrictions as well as social distancing and sanitation recommendations....

By Andrew Ffrench @OxMailAndyF Business reporter covering Didcot and Wallingford. Call me on 01865 425425 Phil Southall of Oxford Bus Company with an electric City Sightseeing bus Oxfords open-top bus tour and park and ride 300 service will return on Monday, in a boost to the city’s recovery from lockdown. The popular City Sightseeing Oxford tour will operate every half an hou...