Friday, 03 October 2025

Renovated cottage is place to escape from wider world

TILED Cottage is the answer for anyone who wants the countryside, the convenience and none of the DIY. Set in Aldworth Road, Upper ...

 

Dark comedy covers class issues

SCOTTISH writer Gregory Burke has been reminiscing about the play that launched his career. It has been nearly 25 years since Gagarin ...

 

Music from around the world had audience holding its breath till end

‘Rediscovered Places’ — West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival St Mary the Virgin, Hambleden Friday, September 19 THE audience at the ...

 

Cultural nuances of story well played by talented cast and creatives

The Inheritance Corn Exchange, Wallingford Wednesday, September 17 FULL disclosure: the director and translator of The Inheritance ...

 

Orchestra showed the versatility of music despite clash of genres

Thames Valley Festival Orchestra — An Evening of Symphonic Prog Prog Rock, featuring the music of Jethro Tull, Yes, Genesis, Pink ...

 

Quest of crime writer to devise detective puzzler

WHEN author Vaseem Khan was assigned a mission to write a book about Q, the tech whizz behind James Bond’s ingenious spy gadgets, the ...

 

Freedom fighter in kidnap escapades

ALMOST a decade after he adapted Thomas Pynchon’s book Inherent Vice into a film, director Paul Thomas Anderson has returned to the ...

 

Singer of many hits to perform at gastropub

CHART-topping singer Tony Christie has had decades of success, including two appearances on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, and now ...

 

ZOE Wilson unveiled her previously unseen photographs of Eighties rock stars at Henley Festival and she is at Hypergallery every ...

 

September 30 — Tutored art classes with Grant Waters, Wallingford and District Art Club, Centre 70, Goldsmith Lane, Wallingford, 2pm ...

 

Every Monday — Rhymetime, Henley Library, 10.30am, henley.library@ oxfordshire.gov.uk Every Tuesday — “Move it or lose it”, fitness ...

 

September 28 — Henley and Goring Ramblers, 4.5 miles. Meet at 11am at Rocky Road entrance, Greys Court, RG9 4RE. A moderate walk ...

 

Mondays to Thursdays — Dance, ballet and tap classes at the HAODS Studio and TG Gym and Wellness. Info: Ann Burley (01491) 877205, ...

 

Kids wanted for seasonal classic

READING Rep Theatre is holding auditions tomorrow (Saturday) for boys and girls aged between nine and 11 who would like to play Tiny ...

 

Five grade-A jazz musicians playing the Great American Songbook: what’s not to like? Singer Fleur Stevenson led the charge at St ...

 

Trio of familiar faces

THE next Honk! Henley live comedy night will feature Sara Barron, Richard Stott and Frances Keyton. All three have appeared on the ...

 

Hidden agenda in farce rewrite

THE Watermill Theatre in Bagnor is to stage a new adaptation of a 19th century farce next month. Charley’s Aunt, written by Brandon ...

 

THAMES Valley Festival Orchestra is returning to Dorchester Abbey to play classical arrangements of legendary songs in prog rock. ...

 

TOP Elvis tribute artist, Ben Portsmouth, is coming to the Wycombe Swan next month. In 2012, Ben became the first European to be ...

 

HENLEY Choral Society has announced four, one-year scholarships to help encourage the joy of choral singing and bolster the next ...