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MUSEUMS and theatres across the county are to receive an influx of cash to help them recover and reopen once coronavirus restrictions ease. Several cultural institutions throughout Oxfordshire are set to receive grants as part of the second round of the Government’s £1.7 billion Cultural Recovery Fund. More than £300 million has been awarded to thousands of cultural organisations across the country in the latest round of support, the Culture Secretary announced yesterday evening. Th...

Guy Fawkes and the Plot to Blow Up the United States Capitol The preparations for President Biden’s as-yet-unscheduled State of the Union address are haunted by a 400-year-old conspiracy to decapitate the British government. What can we learn from the Gunpowder Plot? Clay S. Jenkinson, Editor-at-Large   |   March 5, 2021 You can listen to the companion audio version of this and other essays in the series using the player below or on We live in head-sha...

“Intoxicating Shanghai”: Art and Literature in Pictorial Magazines during Shanghai’s Jazz Age Dr Paul Bevan (Departmental Lecturer in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, University of Oxford) Date: 3 March 2021 In Intoxicating Shanghai Paul Bevan explores the work of a number of Chinese modernist figures in the fields of literature and the visual arts, with an emphasis on the literary group the New-sensationists and its equivalents in the Shanghai art world, examining the work of thes...

Top 10 Jaw-Dropping Hidden Spaces In Paris Ah, gay Paris! Along with London and New York, France’s capital city is amongst the most iconic and often visited city in the world. From the utterly stunning architecture and art around every corner, the world-leading gastronomic scene and the incredibly rich and the diverse history, Paris is a must for anyone interested in travel. Despite this, tourists tend to flock to all the same ole’ spots to get a ‘feel’ for the city – the Eiffel Tower...

Inspired by the Carey Mulligan Netflix movie The Dig? Then discover treasures found all over Britain Who hasn’t been inspired by Netflix hit The Dig, which dramatises the discoveries at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk? A helmet from 1,400 years ago found at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk is on show at the British Museum, London  Anglo-Saxon jewellery, discovered in Leeds in 2008 and 2009, is now on display at Leeds City Museum

TWO Oxfordshire authors are in with the chance of winning an award for their recently published love stories. Romantic novelists Nicola Cornick and Abbie Greaves have been shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists Associations (RNA) 2021 Romantic Novel Awards. The winners will be presented by actor and presenter Larry Lamb in a digital event on Monday, March 8. Ms Greaves is one of six finalists in The Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel Award category with her novel The Silent Treatment, pu...

share Visitors to Croatia are keenly aware that it is a country of great heritage, with significant lumps of past civilizations lying around in its major cities. Pula’s amphitheatre, Split’s Roman palace, Trogir’s cathedral and Dubrovnik’s walls are just four of the most obvious examples. What is perhaps less well known is the sheer multitude of archeological sites in the country, and the significant number of past cultures that have been discovered thanks to...

Ten Not-to-be-missed Croatian archaeological destinations Visitors to Croatia are keenly aware that it is a country of great heritage, with significant lumps of past civilizations lying around in its major cities. Pula’s amphitheatre, Split’s Roman palace, Trogir’s cathedral and Dubrovnik’s walls are just four of the most obvious examples. What is perhaps less well known is the sheer multitude of archeological sites in the country, and the significant number of past cultures that have b...

Truck Store in Cowley Road has been celebrating its 10th anniversary and over the years there have been lots of in store performances to entertain customers who love to visit to buy vinyl and CDs. Some top acts have played on a very small stage to a packed store, including Stornoway, The Staves, Michael Kiwanuka and Dave Gedge of The Wedding Present. David Gedge of the Wedding Present performs for Record Store Day at the Truck Store Staff are looking forward to reopening once coronavirus ...

“The Lonely Tower” by Samuel Palmer (before 1881); watercolor, gouache, and gum arabic on board. Image courtesy of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. © The Huntington “The Lonely Tower” by Samuel Palmer (before 1881); watercolor, gouache, and gum arabic on board. Image courtesy of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. © The Huntington Rural romantic “A Memoir of Samuel Palmer,” by Samuel Palmer, A.H. Palmer, and F.G. Stephens (G...