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Check out http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/oxford-science-fair.html for a full list of stalls. This is a FREE, drop in event with something for the whole family. Saturday 25 June 12-5pm, Sunday 26 June 1-5pm.
Bookseller and chef turned food writer for The Telegraph, Xanthe Clay shares her tips for successful food writing whilst demonstrating a recipe from The Contented Cook.
Join Great British Bake Off winner, Frances Quinn, as she demonstrates how to decorate gorgeous Confetti Cupcakes with beautiful Marzipan Bees while talking about her design background and Quinntessential Baking cookbook. Save up your questions[...]
Award-winning chef and restaurateur specialising in Italian, vegetarian and seafood cuisine discusses some of his favourite Italian dishes.
Ludo, snakes & ladders and draughts are all popular pastimes, but in the past couple of decades a new generation of board games from designers with backgrounds in maths and science has begun to break[...]
Join us for a sensational evening of cabaret – an alchemy of acts delivered by Science Oxford’s network of creative science performers. If you love science, stage and stand up, you’ll be in your element[...]
Ian Shipsey, Particle Physicist and Professor of Physics, Oxford University, has been profoundly deaf since 1989. In 2002 he heard the voice of his daughter for the first time thanks to a cochlear implant. These[...]
Nicola Blackwood, local MP, is Chair of the Science and Technology Committee of the House of Commons. Science and technology are central for the development of the region, and fundamental for the country: boosting innovation[...]
Colette Morgan works for SAFE! as the Child on Parent Violence Project Development Manager. Sadly, Child-on-Parent violence is on the rise and this fascinating talk will show us how SAFE! tackles this problem and works[...]
Join us as we cook up a feast for Edward Jenner and explore the culture of eating and drinking in Georgian England. In this talk, food historians Marc Meltonville, Elena Griffith-Hoyle and Sarah Warren will[...]
A free afternoon of artist talks. 3-5pm at OVADA Warehouse, Osney Lane. Our guest speakers will be independent publishing house Hurst Street Press and fine artist Tommy Watkins. This event is part of the exhibition[...]
Dr Brenda Boardman will speak at the Neighbourhood Forum AGM on ‘How we can deliver a low carbon future for Summertown and St Margaret’s’. Please come along. All welcome. Entry free.
Martin Barker (Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at Aberystwyth University, Director of the Global Hobbit Project) will be visiting Oxford to discuss the results of the landmark Global Hobbit Project, a research initiative examining the[...]
Jenny Josephs & Why eating insects might soon become the new normal By 2050 the global population will reach 9 billion and this will put ever increasing pressure on food and environmental resources. It will[...]
A twenty minute talk to introduce the topic, followed by Q&As and about an hour’s discussion. All welcome.
Nearly 30 per cent of the world’s population is overweight and ‘diabesity’ is an increasing problem: diabetes, brought on by obesity, which in turn causes damage to the brain, heart, nerve and kidneys. So what[...]
Mary Keen, Paradise and Plenty – the How and Wow of Lord Rothschild’s private garden on the Waddesdon Estate Mary Keen is a writer, lecturer and renowned garden designer and will talk about the garden,[...]
Katherine Stoessel has worked in the field of restorative practice for over 20 years in the UK, the USA, West Africa, the Balkans and Eastern Europe and she is a regular facilitator and trainer for[...]
Peter Newbold will give an introduction to the Mammals of Oxfordshire and an overview of how to identify and record this illusive taxon. After studying Environmental Science at Southampton University, Peter has been a professional[...]
Guest Speaker: Professor Charles Spence We all think that we can taste what is on the plate or in the glass, but a growing body of research suggests otherwise. Chefs and restaurateurs are increasingly focusing[...]
The talk will cover: identification of Swifts and differences between them, House Martins and Swallows; causes of recent population decline; what is being to to help; how local people can assist; and an outline of[...]
A number of developments such as the Arab Spring and on-going famines in Somalia and South Sudan have led to renewed interest among both scholars and policymakers in the role of food insecurity and food-price[...]
Join renowned chef Tom Kerridge and nutrition scientist, Susan Jebb, to discuss connections between emotions, food and weight. Tom explores how a diet of meat, eggs, fish, nuts and dairy can help us lose weight.[...]
Swift experts Jocelyne Hughes and Chris Mason will lead an evening stroll around Wolvercote, with plenty of stops to watch swifts and talk, in between searching for swift nests. Dr Jocelyne Hughes is Director of[...]
Join us for the first in Blackwell’s free summer series of lunchtime events, where we will be joined by Greg Garrett author of ‘Living with the Living Dead’. The zombie apocalypse is one of the[...]
John Leighfield, OW, has had a passion for maps since his schooldays and will discuss, in a highly illustrated talk, how the maps of Oxford have developed from the 14th century until the present –[...]
Numerous free talks, walking tours and workshops over two days.
Botanic gardens offer the opportunity to conserve and manage a wide range of plant diversity ex situ, and in situ in the broader landscape. The rationale that botanic gardens have a major role to play[...]
Join us for what promises to be an amazing evening filled with passion and opportunity to have fun! The evening will feature a panel discussion on the experiences of the generation that became known as[...]
Professor Simon Hiscock, Director of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden
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