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Are you connected to the University of Oxford?
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3, 4 and 5 bedroom properties available
SIXTH FORM OPEN MORNING: D’OVERBROECK’S
CV to Alison Noel, Skills for Work Consultancy,
View the house and then call to sign-up - Prices from £225 per person.
in convenient locations for students.
OPEN AFTERNOON: LECKFORD PLACE SCHOOL. COLLEGE, OXFORD. Saturday 4 February, 10am alisonn@sfw-consultancy.co.uk, 07780684243
1 Bed:-
35 Princes St, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1DD
93 East Avenue Cowley, Oxford OX4 1XP
Independent co-educational day school. Entry at - 12.30pm. Entry in to First or Second Year Sixth. EARN £200-600 PER MONTH (part-time) delivering &
Rents from £895.00 per calendar month.
73B James Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1EX
28 Princes St, Oxford OX4 1DD
2 Denmark Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1QS
11+ and 13+. Saturday 4 February, 2pm - 4.30pm. Tel: 01865 310000 or visit www.doverbroecks.com/ collecting catalogues. Immediate start and training
3 Beds:-
96a Bullingdon Road, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1QL
9 Rectory Road, St Clements, Oxford OX4 1BW
Contact Pearce Alder & Co on 01865 246502
Tel: 01865 302620 or visit www.leckfordplace.com
sixthform for details. All welcome.
offered. (18yrs+) Tel: 0118 928 9146
Third Floor 92 Cowley Road, Cowley, Oxford OX41JE
8 Boulter St, St Clements, Oxford OX4 1AX
6 Beds:-
for your copy and to arrange viewing appointments
9 Cross Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1BZ
9 Boulter St, St Clements, Oxford OX4 1AX
for details. All welcome.
SIXTH FORM SCHOLARSHIPS - D’OVERBROECK’S
7 Bullingdon Road, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1QQ
VICTIM SUPPORT NEEDS VOLUNTEERS, training
1 Swan Court, Oxford OX1 1JB
10 Boulter St, St Clements, Oxford OX4 1AX
17 Boulter Street, St Clements, Oxford OX4 1AX
NOTICE OF APPLICATION for a premises Licence under
COLLEGE. Academic, Arts & Performing Arts
starts Feb. Call 01865 751511 for info
25 Hurst Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1EZ
44 Boulter St, St Clements, Oxford OX4 1AX
accom@rentaflat.co.uk
First Floor 25 Hurst Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1HG
138 Hurst Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1HG
section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003. Applicant: Mr
Scholarships available. Applications by 23 January
61 Hurst Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1HA
LIVE-IN ‘CHILD’ CARE NEEDED for one week only,
www.rentaflat.co.uk
69A St Marys Road Oxford OX4 1QB
64 St Clements Street, St Clements, Oxford OX4 1AH
26 Aston Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1EP
Ali Aktar. Premises name: Spice Lounge. Premises 2006. Tel 01865 310000 or visit www.doverbroecks. February 20th to 25th while parents go on holiday.
Tel: 01865 726966, Fax: 726460
4 Beds:-
65 Gipsy Lane, Cowley, Oxford OX3 7PU
125 Bullingdon Road, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1QP
address: 193 Banbury Road, Summertown, Oxford, com/sixthform for details.
19 Stockmore Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1JT
73A James Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1EX
33 Regent Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1QX
Daughter 16 and son 15 need taking to school
LETTING AGENTS AND PROPERTY MANAGERS
96 Morrell Avenue, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1NA
98 St Marys Road, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1QD
OX2 7AR. Proposed licensable activity: Restaurant
41 East Avenue, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1XP
and Bar. On licence, Open to the public (Sun – Thurs
BANDS, DISCOS & LIGHTS
and back in Oxford from our farmhouse 6 miles
First Floor 92 Cowley Road, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1JE
1 Magdalen Road, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1RW
46 Hurst Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1HD
out of town. Car provided. Other duties to include
Houses
Second Floor 92 Cowley Road, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1JE
4 Crown Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1QG
6 Denmark Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1QS
12:00 – 23:30, Fri & Sat 12:00 - 00:00). Sale of
3 James Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1ET
64 James Street, Cowley, Oxford OX41 1EX
Alcohol (Sun – Thurs 12:00 – 23:00, Fri & Sat 12:00
DISCOS, KARAOKES AND EQUIPMENT HIRE - Dave preparing basic evening meal, trying to get them
13 James Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1ET
BLANDFORD AVENUE, OXFORD: A furnished
31 Union Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1JP
27 East Avenue, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1XP
2 Divinity Road, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1LJ
– 23:30). Live music (Mon & Tues 19:00 – 22:00). Full
Seamer Entertainments, (01865) 240054
to eat some breakfast, tidying and general care.
2 Tyndale Road, Oxford OX4 1JL
44 Hurst Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1HD
detached 3-bedroom house in elegant Avenue, comprises 3
£350. Please email andre@reallyuseful.co.uk or call
30 Princes Street, Cowley Oxford OX4 1DD
47 Gipsy Lane, Oxford OX3 7PT
83 James Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1EX
details of the application can be inspected on the
double bedrooms, living room, kitchen-diner bathroom and
DISCO, PA, AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT — hire
44 Bullingdon Road, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1QJ
Judith on 07921 291433.
32 Valentia Road, Oxford OX3 7PL
41 Boulter St, St Clements, Oxford OX4 1AX
licensing register during normal business hours at
cloakroom. Gas central heating off street parking and garden.
69B St Marys Road Oxford OX4 1QB
42 Boulter St, St Clements, Oxford OX4 1AX
76 Grays Road, Oxford OX3 7PY
and sales. 118 Cowley Road, 722027
the address given below.
SEMIPRO
PHOTOGRAPHER
PREPARING
FOR
5 Beds:-
31 Randolph Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1XZ
29 Princes Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1DD
Suit professional/family/sharers.
Responsible authorities and interested parties
DISCOS, LIGHTING, PA HIRE: Crossfade - ARTSWEEK in May wants model for experimental
17 Jeune Street, St Clements, Oxford OX4 1BN
32 Bullingdon Road, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1QP
12 Horwood Close, Oxford OX3 7RF
Available now………£1200.00pcm
37 Jeune Street, St Clements, Oxford OX4 1BN
53 James Street, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1EU
8 Beds:-
(people living or working in the vicinity of
soundtrack to your party. 01865 873970. www.
portrait and discreet figure/body shots - no porn!
15 Boulter St, St Clements, Oxford OX4 1AX
109 Valentia Road, Oxford OX3 7PP
10 Horwood Close, Oxford OX3 7RF
ROSE AVENUE, ABINGDON: A part furnished 4 bed-
the premises named above) wishing to make
crossfade.co.uk
oxfordresident@netscape.net
room detached house, comprises 2 double bedrooms and 2 sin-
representation about the application should do
gle bedrooms, fitted kitchen, lounge, dining room, 2 bathrooms
08456 44 77 15 www.Bannits.com/student email:mail@Bannits.com
BASS
GUITAR
TUITION.
Beginner/
VOICEOVER AND TRANSLATION PEOPLE REQUIRED!
so in writing, stating the licensing objectives
Translations - From English to Swahili, Bengali, Hindi
intermediate. jackceadel@hotmail.com
1 ensuite. Gas CH, garden and double garage. Suit professional
upon which the representation is based. Any
and Somali. Voice-over - male voiceovers in Bengali,
sharers/family. Available now…………£1100.00pcm
ROOMS TO LET
representation must be received within 28 days of
Mill Street, OSNEY
the date of the application (by 07/02/2006) at: The
BIKES
Cantonese, Sorani, Somali, Swahili, Tamil and Welsh.
All paid work. email mezza@ignitecreative.co.uk
Adjacent to railway station. Terraced house suitable three
Flats
VERY LARGE ROOM, friendly shared house. N/S. All
Licensing Authority, Oxford City Council, Ramsey
for further info.
sharers. Furnished. Gas central heating. Refurbished.
USED BIKES with free delivery from £39.
mod cons. Gardener & cleaner included. £390 pcm.
MILLWAY CLOSE, WOLVERCOTE: A part furnished 1
gardens. Available shortly. £850 pcm
House, 10 St Ebbe’s Street, OXFORD OX1 1PT.
www.backontrax.co.uk - 07919 445464 - PROGRAMMER WANTED FOR IMMEDIATE contract
07811 265560
bedroom ground floor flat comprises double bedroom, lounge-
It is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make a
backontrax@hotmail.com
work, preferably experience with actionscript. See
diner, kitchen and bathroom. Electric heating and garage. Suit
Hutchcomb Road, BOTLEY
NEAR TRAIN STATION, large room in above average
false statement in connection with an application.
the jobs link on www.oxfordwebware.com.
3 bedroom spacious detached house. Unfurnished. Gas
professional/couple/single.
shared house, N/S, £355 pcm, 07903 058957
The maximum fine for which a person is liable on
summary conviction for the offence is £5,000.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED
central heating. Garage. Gardens. Refurbished. Available
Available now………………£600.00pcm
SUMMERTOWN, NEAR BBC and library: study
shortly. £975 pcm.
bedroom, pool-sports club and utilities included.
WOODSTOCK ROAD, OXFORD: A fully furnished 2-
N/S, quiet. Double room £115 pw, single room £105
bedroom flat; comprises 1 double bedroom, 1 single bedroom,
Millway Close. UPPER WOLVERCOTE.
HAVE YOU EVER SUFFERED
pw. 01865 552312
lounge-diner, bathroom, fitted kitchen and conservatory. Stor-
1 bedroom furnished flat. Gas central heating. Garage. Available
Plan 2006
DAILY INFO AUCTIONS
FROM DEPRESSION?
age heating and communal garden Suit professional/sharers/
early February. £550 pcm.
THE WATERWAYS: SINGLE BEDROOM (double bed,
couple.
Available 10th February………………
desk, etc.) in an upmarket new apartment, furnished,
Brooks Property Management: 01865 728597
We are trying to develop ways of identifying people at
……….£895.00pcm Incl C/Tax and W/Rates
own huge bathroom + powerful double shower,
risk of depression using a special dietary manipulation.
broadband, parking. £125pw. 07779 782075.
We are recruiting women between the ages of 18 and 70
Bedsits/House Shares
GREAT SINGLE IN LOVELY IFFLEY ROAD HOUSE.
with Daily Info’s
who have suffered from depression previously but who
WOODSTOCK ROAD, OXFORD
Castle Mill House
Convenient location opposite sports centre and near
are now well. If you think you might be able to help us
Tesco; broadband; £290pcm; available from April.
please contact Dr Sudhakar Selvaraj.
Auction: a delicious meal for two worth £73!
A single bedsit on ground floor of a 3-storey Victorian house,
Juxon Street, Jericho
katy.holiday@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk
A2 Year
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Tel: 01865-223609
shared use of shower room and 2 WCs. Electric heating and
Refurbished and furnished studio flat available now
LECKFORD ROAD, QUIET HOUSE, full-time graduate
Email: sudhakar.selvaraj@psych.ox.ac.uk
communal garden. Suit single professional/Student.
for short lets in popular area ten minutes from city
students only. 01865 514007.
Available 1st February…………………
centre. Rent £300 per week inclusive of utilities.
……£395.00pcm incl C/Tax and W/Rates
LITTLEMORE, DOUBLE ROOM for professional non
Bid for a Delicious Oriental
JOBS WANTED
Please call Sarah at Lucy Properties on 559973.
smoker in 3 bed period property. £295 pcm includes
Planner
FERRY ROAD, MARSTON: A fully furnished modern sin-
Experience for Two worth £50 at
Council Tax and Water. 01491 833258
BASS GUITAR TUITION. Beginner/intermediate.
gle self contained bedsit in family house. Suit single visiting
HEADINGTON, MARGARET ROAD, off Windmill
jackceadel@hotmail.com
DOUBLE ROOM in lovely farmhouse Nr Islip. To suit
academic/student only
Road. 5 bedrooms, lounge, washing machine fitted
Prof n-s aged 25-35, sharing with 1 guy and 3 girls.
BUILDERS:
Polish
team
for
extensions,
Available now……….£350.00pcm incl of bills
kitchen, beautiful condition throughout, 2 showers,
Oisi Master
£235pcm excl. 01865 331426
refurbishments, new builds. Marek 07788894538
2 toilets. Available now, and for next academic year.
We also have more properties available.
SINGLE ROOM- OWN BATHROOM. Iffley. Internet.
£1350 every 4 weeks. Alexander Bentley Lettings
write-on days, important dates & holidays, lots
49 St Clements 01865 201010
TUITION
Please call us for details on our full listings.
Male student / professional. £65 pw + bills. 01865
07979 972411 / 01865 711237 - 2006/7 Property
of useful info. Posted free within Oxfordshire.
396055 Oxacc@hotmail.com
Traditional and Modern
list out now!
BIOLOGY / CHEMISTRY A-LEVEL & GCSE tuition
SPACIOUS SINGLE £280 IN CENTRAL HEADINGTON.
Chinese and Japanese Food
offered. Phone: 0777 558 2800
BEAUTIFUL THREE BEDROOM HOUSE TO LET. All
Email planner@dailyinfo.co.uk
ATTENTION
Lovely house with friendly housemates. Available
mod cons. 8 Hillsborough Road, Cowley. £975 pcm +
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TUITION. Cambridge / IELTS
end of January 01865751207 simegri@gmx.ch
bills. Call 07866 735410. Non-smoking professionals
Bid now at dailyinfo.co.uk!
exams. Writing skills. Thesis checking. 01865
for your FREE copy!
ALL STUDENTS
only available 1/2/06.
PARKER STREET. VERY LARGE, bright en suite attic
728698.
GREAT TWO BED FLAT AT THE BASE OF SHOTOVER
room in family house. Suit n/s professional or
THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN IRAQ today are
Two spacious houses; one six bedroom
HILL in popular gated development. £850 pcm excl. postgraduate. £450 inclusive. 01865 251592.
aged 10. See why at www.gardenofdemocracy.org
GIGS
situated near the Plain at Iffley Road and
Contact Rick 07785 307770. For more details and
ALEXANDRA ROAD, ROOM in shared house, suite n/s
AL-SALAM
FIND
OXFORD-BASED
GRADUATE
TUTORS
Thu 19th
one seven bedroom situated a short
pictures go to www.littleskippy.co.uk/2DC/
prof, £300pcm inc. c. tax. Tel: 07989 052226
at
sensible
rates!
Discover
how
at
DRUM BABY DRUM / Liquid Funk / Drum & Bass / Hip Hop
walk from the town centre at Abingdon
SUMMERTOWN, LOVELY FURNISHED single room in
www.graduatetutorsdirect.co.uk
HOLIDAY LET
w DJ Bailey (Metalheadz, BBC 1xtra, Intasound). Warm up:
Apartment, female, available now, £330pcm + bills,
lebanese restaurant
DJ Azonica (HQ), Caution. / 8.30pm-3am / £4 adv, £5 door /
BASS GUITAR TUITION. Beginner/intermediate.
Road. Rent £2280 pcm and £2520 pcm
LITTLESEA, WEYMOUTH. Luxury caravans to let. Sleep
07946 902950 after 4pm
drumbabydrum@hotmail.co.uk for g-list / baby love bar. 3 King
Good Food, Good Atmosphere, Open EVERY day!
jackceadel@hotmail.com
respectively. Available from mid August
Edward Street, Oxford (off High St @Oddbins); Tel: 01865 200011
4-6. Haven site. Personal welcome. 01747 861416.
WOLVERCOTE,
SINGLE
ROOM
in
attractive
and late July for twelve months.
6 Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HH
CATWEAZLE CLUB / Oxford’s legendary performance space
family
house,
long
let,
available
now,
for music, poetry, story and song (now in its 12th year). /
The
Telephone 01865 245710
£300pcm, female professional or postgrad n/s.
9pm. £4/£3/performers free (arrive before 8.30 to book in) /
Please call Sarah on 559973.
www.catweazleclub.org / East Oxford Community Centre. Princes
ACCOMMODATION WANTED
baldwinfc@ntlworld.com
Street; Tel: 792168
STANDARD TANDOORI
PROFESSIONAL COUPLE SEEK 2/3 bedroom flat/
GLEBE ST, ST CLEMENTS 2 rooms in shared
SKYLARKIN’ SOUNDSYSTEM / Reggae, Funk, Ska, Soul, Latin,
INDIAN RESTAURANT & TAKEAWAY (FULLY LICENSED)
Dub & Afrobeat; Aidan Larkin + guests / 8:30 - 11pm, Free /
house to rent directly from landlord. 01865 434370. student house available now. Double £280pcm,
-- Opposite the Phoenix Cinema --
Email: dalton@tommykneecaps.com / www.skylarkin.co.uk / The
roger.hautle@abaxo.com
single
£260pcm
excl.N-S
07958
712210
Brickworks. 182 Cowley Rd; Tel: 245999
For bookings, tel. 553557
mary@harrynicolaou.co.uk
CINEMA REBECCA MOSELY / plus Ally Craig & Tom Parnell / £8.30 FREE
FURNISHED STUDIO OR 1 BR WANTED for visiting
117 Walton St, Oxford, OX2 6AJ.
ENTRY / Exeter Hall Pub. 1 Oxford Rd (corner of Cowley & Marsh
Open 7 days – 12 – 2.30pm, 6 – 11.30pm
lecturer Jan 28 thru April 14. Quiet with comfortable
VERY LARGE ROOM WITH STUDY and ensuite in
Rds.); Tel: 01865 776431; Web: www.thex.co.uk
bed near transportation. lpzgorilla@aol.com
spacious friendly house, with parking, gardener and
Until Fri Jan 20th
OPEN MIC / Acoustic tunes, warm fires, smiles, anyone welcome
cleaner. n/s. £440 pcm. Tel 07811 265560.
/ 8pm free / Email: iliketoskateboard@hotmail.com / Web:
SERVICES OFFERED
146 MORE on
www.theturftavern.co.uk / Turf Tavern 4 Bath Place, Holwell st
.Phoenix Picture House (0870 758 3218)
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SHORT LET CENTRAL ROOMS for students or
THE NINE TON PEANUT SMUGGLERS / Live ska / 9pm Free /
UNIQUE COURIERS, same day delivery, nationwide
recent graduates until March 23rd. Sharing with
MATCH POINT [12A]
Thu: 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.00pm
Cricketers Arms. 43, Iffley Rd; Tel: 427505
(goods in transit insured) tel: 07717 746700
American university students. £90 per week (all bills
Scarlett Johansen screws up some people’s lives. Fri: 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.00pm
GEOFF COLE’S RED HOT FIVE / 8.pm - 10.45pm, £6 / Lains Barn, 1
PHOTOGRAPHER
-
stylish
portrait
&
included). Phone, TV, video, wireless internet access
mile East of Wantage, off the A417
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA [12A]
Thu: 2.30, 5.30, 8.30pm
The film of the book. Sex, tea and World War Two in Japan. Fri: 2.30, 5.30, 8.30pm
SPARKY’S FLYING CIRCUS / Performers of all kinds welcome! /
wedding photography. Call 07960 462502
included. Please phone 01865 201132 or email:
9pm, Free / The Half Moon. 17 St Clements, Oxford
www.johncairnsphotography.co.uk
housing@oxfordstudy.com
MANHATTAN [15]
Fri: 11.30pm
THE THUMB QUINTET + RICHARD WALTERS + BELA EMERSON
Classic Woody Allen.
+ DJs / £4 / 8pm-3am / Cellar Bar. Frewin Court, off Cornmarket; Tel:
CHEAP REMOVALS, friendly and reliable Service,
THE LIBERTINE [18]
Fri: 11.30pm
01865 244761; Web: www.cellarmusic.co.uk
local and national, Tel.: 07939 204460
Johnny Depp rots alive as lascivious Oxonian poet.
THE SPIN JAZZ CLUB / LUIS D’AGOSTINO - top Argentinian
guitarist / £7/£5 conc / Doors 8pm/ band 8.45pm / Email:
Ultimate Picture Palace (245288)
COMEDY CLUB REVIEW
info@spinjazz.com / www.spinjazz.com / The Spin@The
Wheatsheaf. Wheatsheaf Alley, 129 High Street; Tel: 243276;
SERENITY [15]
Thu: 8.45pm
Spaceship crew defy corporation of the future. From the creator of Buffy.
Fri 20th
THE CONSTANT GARDENER [15]
Fri: 7.00, 9.30pm
The Free Beer Show
RUBBER MONKEY / 60s to 90s covers from Beatles Monkees etc.
Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz in Kenya-based thriller from John Le Carré.
to Guns ‘N Roses / 9 p.m. - entry free / Chester Arms. Chester St,
off Iffley Road
quality standup for the binge-drinking generation
Vue Cinema (08712 240 240)
OXFORD FOLK CLUB / Open night - singers, musicians
and audience equally welcome / 8.30 pm, Admission £1 /
RUNNING SCARED [18]
Thu: 8.45pm
pamcooper@hotmail.com / Web: www.oxfordfolkclub.com / Port
Every Monday night at The Cellar.
Paul Walker must dispose of hot guns in seedy underworld.
Mahon. St. Clement’s
MARY POTTER’S OXFORD
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE [12A]
BUFFET SNAFFLERS / A Nite of Electro Breakbeat Funk Disco &
Comedy nights in Oxford have until recently, apart from the occasionally excellent Thursdays at the Bully, been
The one with the Tri-Wizard tournament .
Thu: 2.15, 5.30pm, Fri: 6.00pm
Soul / The Duke (St Clement’s) / 9pm - 1am FREE! /
something to strike fear into the heart. Largely the preserve of student “comedians” whose reinterpretations of Bill
KING KONG [12A]
Thu: 12.00, 3.45, 7.45pm
ORIGINAL SOUL, FUNK & JAZZ WITH DISCO DARRELL + GUEST
Hicks and Eddie Izzard material are only slightly funnier than realising that you have sat in a puddle of wee on
More disastrous PR for these gentle giants.
Fri: 12.00, 3.45, 7.30pm
DJS / 8pm till late, free! / Email: dcs2263@yahoo.co.uk / Cricketers
Arms. 43, Iffley Rd; Tel: 427505
the Oxford Tube, thankfully they are now saved as The Free Beer show has taken up residence at The Cellar on
THE PRODUCERS [12A]
Thu: 6.15, 9.10pm
VACUOUS POP PRESENTS... / The Lucida Console, Mai Mayo Mai
Film of the Broadway musical about the film of the Broadway musical.
Monday nights.
& twentysixfeet / 8pm / £4.50 / Web: www.vacuouspop.com / The
JARHEAD [15]
Thu: 12.10, 3.00, 5.45, 8.30pm
Wheatsheaf. 129, High St
Although run by a bunch of Oxford boys and girls this is TFBS’s first residency outside Edinburgh where it has been
Marine’s memoir of fighting in Kuwait.
Fri: 12.15, 3.00, 5.45, 8.30, 11.20pm
BOSSAPHONIK JAZZ DANCE NIGHT / MOTIV - London
JUST LIKE HEAVEN [PG]
Thu: 1.30, 4.15, 6.45, 9.20pm
dance jazz band / £4 NUS/OUP B4 11£5 / 8pm-3am / Cellar
one of the fringe success stories of the past few years. It is this that allows TFBS to punch far above its weight in
Reese Witherspoon haunts a man’s new flat.
Bar. Frewin Court, off Cornmarket; Tel: 01865 244761;
terms of booking power. In a venue which only seats in the region of 50, you can see some of the finest up and
www.cellarmusic.co.uk
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN 2 [PG]
Thu: 1.45, 4.00pm
coming and established talent currently on the circuit. The crowd is varied, from students through to people who
LIVE JAZZ / With Tim Lapthorn & Ian Ellis / 8-10pm / Old Parsonage
Steve Martin and a horde of smaller Martins.
Hotel, 1 Banbury Rd
look like their parents - a far cry from the white shirts and Stella brigade usually found at Jongleurs. All this for an
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outlay of only £5 (£4 for members) with a free beer thrown into the bargain. The past month has seen Reginald D
The film of the book. Sex, tea and WW2 in Japan. Fri: 2.15, 5.20, 8.15, 11.10pm
Hunter, (a triple Perrier nominee described by The Guardian as “the most important comedian of our generation”),
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Craig Campbell, Alex Horne, Andy Zaltzman (Radio 4), along with last night’s performers Robin Ince (The Office)
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and Howard Read.
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Opener Robin Ince assured those of us in the front row that we were safe – stating he was “not a combative comic”
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before launching into a tirade at the state of the nation. First came the working classes and the “pie-headed”
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youths having it off against his dustbins - “it’s the laziness I can’t take – when there is a skip with a mattress in
Fri: 12.30, 2.45, 5.00, 7.15, 9.30, 11.35pm
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on the other side of the road.” The chattering classes felt the heat of his ire but it was columnists in the Daily Mail
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that were the root of all evil, as he railed against their obsession with “political correctness gone mad” and legal
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loopholes that allow “one-legged, blind, black Muslims to be completely out of the reach of English law”. His bile
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was slightly diluted by the somewhat muted response of the Oxford crowd to some of his more risqué material.
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- would have lapped it up. I disagreed, as the crowd looked to be in no way squeamish, and also clever enough
The film of the book. Sex, tea and World War Two in Japan. Fri: 1.15, 5.00, 8.15pm
to understand that the best comedy is to be found on the boundaries of taste and decency. The problem was
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merely the way in which his material was deployed. The previous week’s sets had contained some brilliantly
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brutal blasphemy which had had the whole room crying on the floor. Shocking? Yes – repetition in the pub would
JUST FRIENDS [12A]
Thu: 1.45, 4.15, 6.45, 9.15pm
probably ensure you a beating – but, as is true with really great comedy, it ridiculed the established order, gave
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American post-high-school comedy.
Fri: 1.45, 4.15, 6.45, 9.15pm
voice to your frustrations and did it with a twist that was so simply brilliant that you curse yourself for never having
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Christian allegory gestated in the Eagle and Child.
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thought of it like that. The Oxford crowd can certainly handle the nasty stuff, as long as it’s done intelligently.
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The second act, Mr Howard Reid, was much more conversational in style – sparking off the audience and
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lampooning his own middle-class background for rendering him incapable of talking about sex, before talking
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generate laughs whilst burning through very little material - though this eventually caught up with him as this
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Niamh Cusack in Bullmore comedy about families & relationships. £22.50 - £9.50
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selection of funk and hip hop and get in a beer or five. In short: go to the Free Beer Show, a night worthy of a
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