My local (grade II listed) cinema, the Ultimate Picture Palace has a fascinating history. It was built in the Edwardian era, and for many years served as a furniture warehouse.

Nowadays its a thriving cinema showing a mixture of mainstream and arty ci …

I have been a voluntary trustee for the East Oxford Community Centre for the last couple of years. I recently felt that I had enough time to put together a new website for them. It wasn’t a hugely big project; I just boshed something together on wordpress.com in an evening. But I think that …

The Far from The Madding Crowd on a Sunday. Noisy, but with a decent wifi connection. Me and nor (she of the vegan chocolate reviews) had decided to do some working from home internet caff style laptopping. But not fr …

My local pub started selling Westons Organic cider a few months ago. I’m feeling pretty lucky about it I can tell you. Though mass produced, it's a real cider, made from fruit rather than concentrate. It has a nice balance between bitttersweet apple and booze. Its fairly heavy; more a cider f …