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Leading the way on dog walks

Zara Lenahan from More Than Sit Dog Training has some top tips to make walkies for you & doggo more enjoyable

The Haar will star in Harwell

Genre-busting folk band The Haar will bring their sweeping panorama of Irish traditional music to Harwell Village Hall on Friday, 18th April

What to eat with Sherry

Our resident wine columnist, Giles, discovers the joys of pairing Sherry with good and makes some delicious finds

Creative geniuses at Oxfordshire Artweeks

The UK’s oldest and biggest open studios and pop-up exhibition event, returns 3-26th May to showcase the art of more than 1,000 creatives

The call of the curlew

Mike Pollard of Wild Oxfordshire Curlew Recovery Project asks for your help with is conservation

Full of beans ahead of Easter!

Milissa Davis, Watlington chocolatier & director of Tutu Chocolates, tells us about her sweet journey

The inside story of a spy

This month author & journalist Michael Smith introduces us to Hector Bywater who talked his way around the dockyards

Football fundraiser at Didcot Town FC

Charity football match: Kick off for a cause!

Echoes of the Landscape in Woodstock

Enjoy 40+ artworks by sculptor Jon Earney & watercolourist Rod Craig in Woodstock, 14th to 21st April

Wild flower of weed?

Many ‘weeds’ are edible and important sources of food for insects & caterpillars. Wild meadow flowers can colonise the garden as a ‘weed’ as gardening expert Cathie Welch explains

Astrology & Tarot for April

What’s in store for you this month? Melanie Harding, founder of Soul Healing Guidance, offers some useful guidance for all signs to help you navigate April

Creative geniuses at Oxfordshire Artweeks

The UK’s oldest and biggest open studios and pop-up exhibition event, returns 3-26th May to showcase the art of more than 1,000 creatives

Football fundraiser at Didcot Town FC

Charity football match: Kick off for a cause!

Waddesdon Halloween

Be spooked at Waddesdon this Halloween half-term

Abingdon events

Cycling, MG cars, rowing and WWII commemoration all part of an unmissable day in Abingdon

Creative geniuses at Oxfordshire Artweeks

The UK’s oldest and biggest open studios and pop-up exhibition event, returns 3-26th May to showcase the art of more than 1,000 creatives

Football fundraiser at Didcot Town FC

Charity football match: Kick off for a cause!

Waddesdon Halloween

Be spooked at Waddesdon this Halloween half-term

Abingdon events

Cycling, MG cars, rowing and WWII commemoration all part of an unmissable day in Abingdon

Recipes from The Bell at Ramsbury

James Graham, talented head chef at The Bell at Ramsbury shares two gorgeous recipes to make and tuck into at home

Recipes from The White Hart, Fyfield

We’re sharing two recipes from The White Hart in Fyfield, which was recently named one of the UK’s top 50 gastropubs

Fryer tuck! Easy air fryer recipes

We’re sharing a taste of Healthy Air Fry Feasts: Fast, Easy, High-Protein Recipes in 30 Mins or Less by Christina Kynigos, AKA @VeryHungryGreek

Recipes from The Golden Ball, Henley

Priya & Ben Watson of The Golden Ball in Lower Assendon share two special winter recipes which have the ‘wow’ factor!

Game on! Venison recipes for autumn

We’re sharing two recipes using venison, a sustainable, ethical local meat, thanks to Chiltern Venison & Robin Popham of Create Terroir.

Tucking In! Recipes by Sophie Wyburd

We’re sharing a taste from Tucking In by Sophie Wyburd who is the star chef at this month’s Wild Feast in Otmoor Farm in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire.

Recipes with Clodagh McKenna

We’re sharing two recipes to make the most of the last of summer thanks to Irish chef, author & TV star Clodagh McKenna.

Green & easy! Wonderful watercress recipes

May brings us the start of British watercress season, thanks to The Watercress Company’s recipes

Recipes from Gennaro’s new Verdure cookbook

We’re sharing a taste of Gennaro’s Verdure: Big and bold recipes to pack your plate with veg by Gennaro Contaldo (Pavilion Books).

Recipes from The Skint Cook

We’re sharing a taste of inspiration from The Skint Cook, by Jamie Oliver’s Cookbook Challenge TV series finalist Ian Bursnall, out on 18th January

Diwali recipes & takeaway competition

Diwali recipes from Atul Kochhar and a chance to win a takeaway from one of his Bucks restaurant.

Q&A with Tim Rice ahead of tour

Liz Nicholls chats to the multi-award winning, internationally renowned lyricist Sir Tim Rice who returns to a theatre stage near you this spring with Tim Rice My Life In Musicals I Know Him So Well

Q&A exclusive with Tom Parker Bowles

The Castle Hotel, Windsor, will welcome British food writer and critic Tom Parker Bowles for an exclusive Q&A event following the release of his latest book, Cooking & The Crown.

Q&A with gardening guru Adam Frost

Liz Nicholls chats to dad and Chelsea & Gardeners’ World star Adam Frost whose new book For The Love Of Plants is out on 13th March ahead of his spring UK tour

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen star Q&A

Liz Nicholls chats to interior designer, dad & grandad Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, 59, who has helped design Rangeford Villages’ new luxury retirement villages, with his daughter Hermione

Kate Mosse Labyrinth Live star Q&A

Kate Mosse talks to Liz Nicholls ahead of the Labyrinth Live: Unlocking The Secrets of the Labyrinth tour, at a theatre near you between February & April, to mark the 20th anniversary of her bestselling book

Wycombe Swan panto star Vernon Q&A

Liz Nicholls chats to Radio 2 star & dad Vernon Kay who stars in Aladdin at Wycombe Swan, 13th December to 5th January

Q&A with Craig Revel Horwood

Director & choreographer of NOW That’s What I Call A Musical gives us an insight into the stage show.

Q&A with star chef Clodagh McKenna

Irish chef, author & TV star Clodagh McKenna tells Liz Nicholls a few of her favourite things.

Towersey Festival Q&A with Billy Bragg

Liz Nicholls chats to singer songwriter and activist Billy Bragg who will star at the last ever Bucks highlight Towersey Festival – the 60th highlight – from 23rd to 26th August, and urges you to book your tickets.