FAST forward from Elizabethan times to the Second World War and you will find the setting for a new production of William Shakespeare’s well-loved pastoral comedy As You Like It. RAF uniforms and even a handlebar moustache abound in Oxford-based
THOSE of you who fancy yourselves as amateur sleuths might well enjoy the latest murder mystery offering from Uffington Players. And, let’s face it, you perhaps couldn’t do any worse than the inept and bungling Inspector Pratt in the group’s production
A DOUBLE bill of drama is set to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. Reflections 1914-18, a collection of sketches and short plays remembering ‘the war to end all wars’, is being staged by members of Faringdon Dramatic
THE fire at the Didcot B power station shocked residents in the town, who feared there could be a gas explosion. This did not occur, but about 60 firefighters were required to bring the blaze at the gas-fired plant under control. As a result
Sir, The recent letter from Theresa Jordan detailing the closure of St Alban’s Court sheltered accommodation in Wallingford highlights the shocking insensitivity of SOHA in looking after its vulnerable residents. I have recently obtained information
Sir, Terry Knight put it very clearly in his letter and many people that I know agree with his veiws on the ridiculous scale of development planned for Wantage and Grove. We are supposed to live in a democracy — whatever has happened to that? Mrs
Sir, May I through your paper shame Oxford Bus Company and their driver on the X1 bus to Wantage with six passengers. Two wonderful guys got on with a box of toys and a small child’s bike that they were taking to a local charity shop. The driver
Sir, I went out to Oxford on a Saturday a couple of weeks ago to see a show. Coming back on the late bus that arrived in Didcot at 11.10am I walked over to the taxi rank. I saw a taxi and went to get in only to be told it had been booked. Coming away
Sir, Your readers may be interested to learn that earlier this year France offered to award the much admired Legion d’Honneur to surviving soldiers, sailors and airmen for their participation in 1944 in the D-Day assault on the Normandy beaches or
Sir, Planning in Oxfordshire is in a mess. There are two fundamental issues: 1. Can, and should, Oxfordshire take the vast amount of new housing which the Government, SHMA and the LEP are undemocratically trying to impose on us? 2. If we assume
Sir, I have noted with pleasure Wantage success in the current High Street awards competition, and Ed Vaizey’s praise for our town. However I regret that Mr Vaizey, as our MP, doesn’t seem to care if the Vale planners turn the town into a massive dormitory
