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MEETINGS & LECTURES
Thu 26th
POLISHING OCTOBER / New poetry selection / Oxford Hungarian
Society / 8pm / 736973 / McGregor Room, Oriel College
ALL THINGS HAWAIIAN / Talk, learn, olelo hawaii (language),
discuss. All welcome! / 7pm free / Café, Borders, Magdalen Street.
WEEKLY HEALTH WALK / Get outside at lunchtime and see some
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GURDJIEFF STUDY GROUP / All welcome. / 7.15pm, £3 /
apc.robinson‰gmail.com / 07837 114580 / Friends’ Meeting House, 43 St Giles
THERE ARE NO RIGHT WAYS TO GARDEN, ONLY
ALTERNATIVES / Mirabel Osler, gardener & writer / 8pm. £10 / 286690
/ Nelson Mandela Auditorium, Said Business School, Park End St, OX1 1HP
POETRY / Share poems with Metropolitan Kallistos on ‘The Blessed Virgin
Mary’/ 8pm, donations / 310341 / St Theosevia Centre, 2 Canterbury Road
FARADAY CAGES, MARBLED PALACES & HUMPTY
DUMPTY: REALITY OF INTERNET GOVERNANCE / 3.30 - 5pm,
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THE HAJJ / Lunchtime talk: speaker: Imam Monawar Hussain / 12:30pm,
free / www.st-giles-church.org / 510460 / St Giles’ Church / 311198
MEET MICHAEL CORDY / Author of the Venus Conspiracy / 5.30pm,
free / 485929 / Harts Bar, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Hill Campus
Fri 27th
GREEN PARTY STUDENT LUNCH / With Chris Goodall, local
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SAVE XMAS / Lunch and talk about saving options for Christmas. Places
Free but book in advance: 304107 / financialcapability.oxcab‰gmail.com /
1.30pm / Citizen’s Advice Bureau, 95 St Aldates
MY FAVOURITE WORD / Informal talks / discussion: the joy of
language / 7.30pm, free / 07709 239322 / Art Jericho, 6 King St, OX2 6DF.
SIR GAWAIN & THE GREEN KNIGHT / Lecturer-led seminar / 56pm, £10 (+ refreshments) / 07709 239322 / Art Jericho, 6 King St, OX2 6DF
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Oxford Theatre Guild: OPEN AUDITIONS
for our July production of Shakespeare’s “Henry 5th”
on March 2nd, at Fusion Arts Centre, Princes
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March, United Reformed Church Hall, Banbury
Road, Summertown, OX2 7HN and Tuesday 10th
March, East Oxford Community Centre, Cowley
Road, Oxford, OX4 1HU. Rehearsals begin April
19th, performances at Trinity College Gardens, 14th25th July. Everyone welcome: we need actors and
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VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA [12A]
A partial return to form for Woody Allen.
Thu: 9.35pm
THE PINK PANTHER 2 [PG]
Thu: 2.00, 4.20pm
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Thu: 9.15pm, Fri: 12.30, 3.10, 5.50, 8.30, 11.10pm
Thu: 7.00, 9.25pm, Fri: 10.40pm
CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC [12A] GRAN TORINO [15]
Clint Eastwood plays a misanthropic veteran.
FRIDAY THE 13TH [18]
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DOUBT [15]
Thu: 12.00pm
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REVOLUTIONARY ROAD [15]
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FRIDAY THE 13TH [18]
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BOLT [U]
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Thu: 9.00pm
Thu: 1.30, 3.30, 6.30pm
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SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE [15]
Thu: 2.30, 5.30, 8.30pm
Vibrant tale of life and love on the streets of Mumbai.
CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC [12A]
Thu: 12.30, 3.15, 6.00, 8.45pm, Fri: 11.00am, 1.30, 4.15, 7.00, 10.00pm
A girl wants to work for a fashion magazine. Subtitled Thu 12.30.
THE PINK PANTHER 2 [PG] Thu: 12.45, 3.00, 5.45pm, Fri: 11.30am
Another lame outing for Steve Martin.
HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU [12A]
Thu: 2.00, 5.00, 8.00pm, Fri: 12.00, 3.30, 7.15, 10.15pm
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GRAN TORINO [15]
Fri: 12.15, 3.00, 5.45, 8.45, 11.30pm
Clint Eastwood plays a misanthropic veteran. Subtitled Fri 3.00.
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THEATRE REVIEW
Never Have
I Ever
At the Burton Taylor Studio to Sat February 28th
See Theatre listings, below.
Never Have I Ever, in case you don’t know, is a party game
in which one person makes a statement, for example,
‘Never have I ever read the seventh Harry Potter book’ (to
take an example from last night’s play). If any of the other
players have done this, they then have to down their
glass of wine. If nobody has done it, the proposer must
drink their own glass. Naturally this has huge potential
for exposing (or being forced to conceal) things in your
life you’d much rather not share with a room full of
strangers, or even your close friends. Thus the starting
point for Helen McCabe’s pleasing comedy.
It’s not a startlingly original recipe, and deliberately
so, as it makes frequent reference to the great culinary
traditions that preceded it. Take six characters, one of
whom has a secret. Fill ‘em full of wine, stir vigorously,
and ingeniously cause the secret to be exposed by
means of said party game. Place in the oven and let
chemistry take its course. But, rather surprisingly, you
may have thought you were watching a zabaglione,
but what comes out is something much less frothy
and much more meaty. It’s not a farce or even a witty
Wildesque drawing room comedy; McCabe is not afraid
of big themes – love, identity, integrity – and allows her
play to become unashamedly romantic.
The six characters are bossy Natalie, newly engaged to
the peaceable David; Natalie’s brother James, who is
gay but whom she still insists on trying to fix up with
her friends; Jenny, a friend from Natalie’s office; Lydia,
an old school friend of Natalie, and her boyfriend
Martin – the one with the secret. I must say at once that
the actors – some of whom have been rehearsing this
for a mere week – were superb, so natural that they
appear to be just playing themselves. Special mention
for Rafaella Marcus as the frightful materialistic bully
Natalie; Andrew Bottomley as her unfortunate fiancé
who has put his humanitarian ambitions on hold to fund
Natalie’s desired lifestyle; Alice Fletcher as Lydia, whose
life unravels in the course of the evening; Jonathan
Sims as the tortured James, Jacob Follini-Press as the
repressed Martin, Jenny Allport as the bewildered Jenny
– oh, that’s all of them.
The writing is sound and funny and truthful, flowing
perfectly from revelation to climax; you empathize with
the characters, and imagine what will become of them
after the play has finished. Of course you do have to use
your imagination a lot in terms of production values,
conjuring a swanky London flat from one battered old
table and six plastic chairs – but this is good. Well worth
a look.
Andrea Hopkins
THE INTERNATIONAL [15] Fri: 11.45am, 2.30, 5.30, 8.30, 11.20pm
Conspiracy thriller.
THE READER [15] THE WRESTLER [15]
Mickey Rourke as Randy “The Ram” Robinson, making a comeback.
Strange, dark, tender romance set in post-WW2 Germany.
THE UNBORN [15]
Fri: 11.40pm
Fri: 1.45pm
Fri: 4.15, 6.45, 9.15, 11.45pm
A creepy spirit wants a body.
Ultimate Picture Palace (245288)
BLINDNESS [18]
Thu: 6.00pm
Society breaks down after blindness strikes.
THE READER [15]
Strange, dark, tender romance set in post-WW2 Germany.
CHE - PART ONE [15]
Benicio Del Toro stars.
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE [15]
Vibrant tale of life on the streets of Mumbai.
Fri: 9.00pm
Thu: 4.00pm
Oxford Playhouse (305305)
OTHELLO
Wed 25th: 7.30pm, Thu 26th, Sat 28th: 2.30pm, 7.30pm
Fri 27th: 8.00pm
Shakespeare’s tale of jealousy and revenge. £16.50-£26
The Theatre At Headington (759138)
PRIVATE PEACEFUL
A dramatic adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s bestseller.
Sat 28th: 7.30pm
OFS Studio (0844 847 2360)
THE OXFORD REVUE - RENEGADE
Tue 24th - Fri 27th: 7.30pm
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Fri: 12.30, 3.30, 6.15, 9.00pm
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Sat 28th: 2.30, 7.30pm
College Bar, St Hugh’s
Wed 25th - Sat 28th: 7.30pm
Five interlinked one-act plays, addressing loneliness and human eccentricities.
G&D’s, Cowley Road
Thu: 8.00pm
East Oxford Community Centre
WATER [12A]
Wed 25th, Fri 27th: 7.30pm, Sat 28th: 4pm
A dying mother has a shameful secret. Will her daughter learn the truth? £5/£4
Thu: 12.45, 6.00, 8.40pm
Fri: 12.45, 3.20, 6.00, 8.40pm
Mansfield College
Think you live in a free country? Free.
DREAM BABY
RIVERDANCE – THE FAREWELL TOUR
Thu 26th & Fri 27th: 8pm; Sat 28th: 2.30, 8pm
Palme d’Or winner about tough Parisian school. English subtitles.
TAKING LIBERTIES
Three characters in an office explore love, alienation, philosophy, & bureaucracy. £5/£4
Fri: 6.15pm
Clint Eastwood plays a misanthropic veteran. Times supercede printed programme.
THE CLASS [15]
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Thu 26th, Sat 28th: 9.30pm
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Vibrant tale of life on the streets of Mumbai.
THE WAITING ROOM
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VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA [12A]
Thu: 1.15, 4.00, 6.30, 9.00pm
A partial return to form for Woody Allen.
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE [15]
Thu: 3.20pm
GRAN TORINO [15]
Burton Taylor Studio (305305)
By Helen McCabe. Revelations are made at an engagement party. £5/£4
Thu: 8.45pm
Phoenix Picture House (0870 758 3218)
Film & video work from the Ruskn School.
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28th
THEATRE
NEVER HAVE I EVER
Fri: 7.30pm
Film by Deepa Mehta about plight of widows in 1930s India. Free / donations.
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DANCE PLATFORM
Visiting players came often in the 1860’s and 70’s, as
did music hall acts, and many other delights. One
amateur in the newly formed am dram scene was a
man named Harry Drinkwater. In 1878 he took part
in a very successful show, and it gave him a love
of theatre. These actors obviously had stamina: a
typical bill might contain a prologue written by
one of the cast, comic songs and dances, then after
the interval “Macbeth and The Waterman”. Fusion
theatre? Or just a 6 hour marathon?
New New Theatre
An enlightened Vice Chancellor of the University,
Benjamin Jowett, had seen his students act and felt
OUDS needed a home. There were also concerns
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Tue 24th - Sat 28th: 7.30pm
Oxford University Dance Society and FreeFall Dance. £5.50 - £7.50
survive the coming of the cinemas in 1910.
In 1913 Charles died. His son Stanley was only 17,
but he had a vision. He declared his theatre would
be “the most luxurious and comfortable house of
entertainment in England”. At a time when many
theatres were having to become cinemas just to
survive, Stanley set about making his dream come
true.
The most luxurious theatre in England
In 1933 Drinkwater’s theatre was demolished, and
work started on Stanley’s new Art Deco design.
In just a year and a day it was opening its doors
again, a feat of coordination and hard work it’s
hard to imagine matching today! Stanley’s theatre
had double the stage width and nearly twice the
audience capacity of its predecessor. It even had
(and has) a revolving stage.
Stanley’s work paid off. Oxford became a big player
on the theatre circuit. It hosted national companies,
and shows like The Mousetrap came here even
before they went to London. In Stanley’s theatre
people didn’t just buy tickets, they bought a seat
for a season. The stage was filled with opera, ballet,
G&S, musicals and all manner of entertainments.
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Stanley finally relinquished the reins in 1965, aged
70. His son John faced a difficult task, as television
was on the up and theatres everywhere were
struggling. By 1972 things were just too tough and
the Dorrill family sold up.
ACCOMMODATION LIST
Big business, and big businesses
The chain of takeovers started. Paul and Nita Gregg
renamed it The Apollo. Apollo Leisure was sold to
SFX, which merged with Clear Channel and The
Apollo became The New Theatre once again in
2002. Clear Channel then split, with Live Nation
taking on the New Theatre three years ago.
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Fire!
All the changes of management in the last 30 years
has resulted in a scattered archive. If you have old
brochures, memories or photos do get in touch,
and maybe by its 100th birthday we’ll have filled in
the gaps!
VOLUNTEERS WANTED
The present day
The theatre now continues to entertain just as it
always did, with opera, ballet, musicals, musicians,
comedians and spirit mediums. Auditions are now
being held for The Stage Experience, where children
get the chance to act on that huge stage. Let’s hope,
like Drinkwater, it gives them a love of theatre in
general, and the New Theatre in particular.
Jen Pawsey
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STUDENT
In 1886 a New Theatre was opened. It seated 1000
and was designed by an architect named HGW
Drinkwater, the same Harry who acted in the last
theatre. He became one of the Managing Directors
of his new Theatre, while continuing to build
Oxfordshire pubs and churches.
It must have been handy having a resident architect
when the theatre caught fire in 1892. About 11pm
on a dark March night a loud crackling was heard
and the fire brigade was summoned. Unfortunately
all the hydrants were frozen and the fire was under
the stage, and very difficult to get to. It was finally
put out at 5am by which time there was severe
damage to the stage and auditorium. But these
determined Victorians had the theatre open again
less than 6 weeks later, and the only casualty was a
production of Charley’s Aunt.
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A “Mr Barnett and his company” got leave from
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can all be found in its misty history.
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SELECTED GIGS
Thu 26th
HOUSE OF BROTHERS, WITCHES, ARCANE ROOTS /
8.30pm. £5 / Cellar Bar, Frewin Court, off Cornmarket/ 244761
JULIET KELLY BAND / Jazz star. With Carl Orr (guitar), Oli Hayhurst
(bass) & Pat Illingworth (drums) / Doors 8.15 / £9 £7 / www.spinjazz.com /
245537/ The Wheatsheaf, 129 High Street, OX1 4DF
WE ARE WOLVES, HOT CITY SYMPHONY, DIAL F FOR
FRANKENSTEIN / 7pm £5 / O2 Academy Oxford, 190 Cowley Rd, OX4
1UE/ 0844 477 2000
SONGS FROM THE MUSICALS / 1pm, £6/£4 / St Michael at the
North Gate, Cornmarket, OX1 3EY / 255776
Fri 27th
QUEEN OF CLUBS CABARET / Roaring Twenties / Fallen Thirties
theme party. With The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band, magical duo Morgan
& West, comedian Andrew Watts, bluesman Richard Brotherton, songstress
Susanna Starling & much more / 8pm. £7 / www.myspace.com/portmayhem
/ Isis Farmhouse, The Towing Path, Iffley Lock, OX4 4EL; / 243854
TOM KITCHING & GREN BARTLEY / Fiddle & guitar. / 8.30pm. /
www.oxfordfolkclub.com / Folly Bridge Inn, Abingdon Road / 790106
PEERLESS PIRATES, ECHO BOOMER / Local Indie / Alternative
/ Pop Punk 3 piece / 8pm £5 / Bullingdon Arms, 162 Cowley Road / 244516
PRDCTV, ARCHIPELAGO, THE EJECTORSEATS, PARACHUTES
/ Electro-pop / 8pm. £5 / Jericho Tavern, 56 Walton St / 311775
THE HALCYONS + ANDENSUM + FACE0METER / Eclectic
electro/ 8pm £4 / The Wheatsheaf, Wheatsheaf Alley, 129 High St, OX1 4DF
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THEATRE REVIEW
Etiquette
“A theatrical
experience just
for the two of you”
At G&D’s, Cowley Road to Sun 1st March
£3 per table (2 people). Book online, or at G&D’s .
There’s not much room in G&D’s for acting, but if
you’re walking along the Cowley Road you’ll see an
interesting sight. In the window are two tables set
out for an interactive theatrical experience called
Etiquette. It’s well worth stopping to watch, and even
more intriguing to take part. You are unlikely to have
done anything like this ever before.
Anyone can be the star of this piece. Prospective actors
find a partner and book a slot. They then receive all
the instructions they need through their headphones,
and the props are laid out ready. The table covering
looks like it could act as a blackboard, and to go with it
there’s chalk, a little bottle of red dye, two tiny figures,
a torch, and other exciting objects.
It’s very difficult to describe what happens next. To
explain would be to give too much away - the element
of surprise is a key part! And partly it’s just that to
make sense of everything takes an in-depth exchange
with one’s co-actor, and a while longer to shake down
all the elements. The story ranges from ghostly tale,
through banter, a casual coffee shop flirtation and on
to a bitesize chunk of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House.
The props are inventive and fun to use. The sets of
instructions interlock, creating a whole play. Soon
it’s impossible to tell which of your co-performer’s
actions are spontaneously theirs, and which are their
character’s. It’s not difficult, or embarrassing, but
judging by the comments book, Etiquette is unlocking
people’s “inner actor” all over Europe.
In this portable play invented by Parisian group
Rotozaza, where audience and actor are one and the
same, Oxford Playhouse have found another work as
surprising and delightful as the duet for digger and
dancer. Etiquette is running till 1st March, with 24
slots at each of two tables every day. It’s £3 for a half
hour turn for two, which makes it the cheapest acting
workshop / performance / journey to Paris I’ve ever
met!
Afterwards leave a comment, or read what others
made of the experience. In the words of an anonymous
Etiquettee: “My friend was not my friend. My thoughts
were not my own. Wonderful.”
Jen Pawsey
2 double bedrooms, spacious living room, southfacing patio, off-street parking. Fully furnished
comfortable apartment available now for long or
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NORTH OXFORD: SPACIOUS 2 bed flat with study, unfurnished,
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2 X BED APARTMENT, furnished, 10 min walk
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01865427349, info‰letting4oxford.co.uk
2 BEDROOM FLAT, modern, new. Unfurnished/partially
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OX4 IFFLEY RD. Ground floor furnished 1 bed studio flat, 10
minutes from centre, in large Victorian building. Parking,
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£575 pcm, deposit £850, plus bills. Available now, view Sat
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ROOMS TO LET
Find out more about us at www.canby.co.uk
THE QUEEN’S COLLEGE: Wash Up Assistant required.
Saturday and Sunday evenings, 6.30 - 9pm. Immediate start.
Term time only. Please send CV to dawn.grimshaw‰queens.
ox.ac.uk or telephone 01865 279131.
EVENT STAFF WANTED for upcoming events period. Please
email CV and what role you would like to work in to:
jramsay‰susanhamilton.co.uk
CENTRAL NORTH OXFORD:
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Houses, Flats
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Please send your CV with a covering email to [email protected].
Closing date for applications: 3/3/09
Marston OX3: 3 Bed House - Unfurn - £975pcm
Grandpont OX1: 2 x Bed Flat - Furn - £895pcm
Marston OX3: 3/4 Bed House - Unfurn - £1095pcm
Cowley OX4: 4 Bed House - Furn - £1095pcm
LANDLORDS: PROPERTIES NEEDED URGENTLY
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wireless internet are provided in all houses. £450 per
calendar month inclusive.
Please email [email protected]
or phone 01865 201132.
MONDAY TO FRIDAYS. Double room for single professional
non-smoker, smart house, quiet road. Easy parking. Near
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JERICHO NORTH OXFORD: 3 beautiful rooms in very large
refurbished Victorian house. Fully furnished. Huge lounge,
sitting room, 3 bathrooms. Large garden/patio to the river.
£145pw including bills. 1 month’s rent + 1 month’s deposit.
Peter 07870 495296.
HAYFIELD ROAD (WALTON MANOR). A ground floor four
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views overlooking the canal from the large bright and airy
living room, high ceilings, bathroom and separate WC. This
property has the added bonus of parking. We have one room
available priced at £350pcm. Available now for students
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COMPUTING & WEB DESIGN
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including infertility
Free self testing kits available in Oxfordshire.
Please contact the chlamydia screening team on
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Call / Text
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Snail mail: First Floor, 121 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1HU
Email: [email protected]
GLANVILLE ROAD - THIS property benefits from 5 large
double bedrooms, situated off the Cowley Road in a quiet
residential area close to all local shops and excellent public
transport links into the town centre. This property has off
street parking available and is being let on an individual
room basis at £300pcm excluding bills. 1 rooms remains!
01865 311745. debbie‰nops.co.uk
DOUBLE ROOM IN North Hinksey Lane. Suit n-s young prof.
Spacious living. Excellent bus links. £410pcm incl. Available
1 March. 07855 349429.
LONGWORTH ROAD (JERICHO). Situated in the very
heart of Jericho, this newly renovated property benefits
from bathroom, shower room, additional WC, kitchen/
living room, and gas central heating. The property has
recently undergone a total refurbishment and viewing is
highly recommended. We have one room available for a
professional, available 19th March 09. £460pcm (excluding
bills). 01865 311745. debbie‰nops.co.uk
ALEXANDRA ROAD, ONE room available now, £295pcm,
second room available 1st March, £330pcm (inc c. tax). Suit
n/s prof. Phone Will 07989 052226
ST MARYS RD (COWLEY). A spacious 4 bed flat situated just
off the Cowley Road. This property benefits from having
four good size bedrooms, shower room and large kitchen/
living room. Viewing is highly recommended. We have one
room available in the property for £300pcm (excluding bills)
for students only. 01865 311745. debbie‰nops.co.uk
BEAUTIFUL ROOMS, AVAILABLE NOW in high quality
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SINGLE ROOM AVAILABLE 1.3.09. £350pcm includes all bills,
broadband, cleaner. vivien‰acupuncture-ecohouse.co.uk
HEADINGTON, SINGLE ROOM in friendly spacious house,
sharing with 3 others. £335 excl. Fully furnished, large
kitchen and lounge, nice garden. b_b_hunt‰hotmail.com
DOUBLE ROOM, POLISH couple preferred, in 2 bedroom
modern house with parking space. £400 excl. 07707 032026.
lucija24‰yahoo.co.uk
JERICHO: LOVELY BRIGHT room in Victorian house.
Relaxed houseshare (postgraduates/young professionals).
Broadband, conservatory, garden, parking. £290 plus bills.
Available 1 March. sarah.wood‰ucl.ac.uk
FOOD & DRINK
AL-SALAM
lebanese restaurant
Good Food, Good Atmosphere, Open EVERY day!
6 Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HH
Telephone 01865 245710
MIRCH MASALA
INDIAN FINE CUISINE
Award-Winning Restaurant
Open 12 noon-2.30pm (except Friday), 6.00-11.15pm
Sunday Buffet: 12 noon-10pm. £8.95
Award for Excellence - Good Eating Guide 2008
137-139 Cowley Rd (between Princes & Union Streets)
01865 728581 • www.mirchmasalaoxford.com