
Exclusive: Raymond Blanc OBE
INTERVIEW
We spoke with Raymond Blanc OBE about the Blenheim Palace Food Festival (24-26 May). He's one of the chefs appearing in the Festival Kitchen and we wanted to know which stalls he's planning on visiting over the weekend...
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Having burst onto the Oxfordshire art scene over the last year, winning the Ronapainting gallery prize at last year’s Oxford Art Society open exhibition, Erin Rosalie Thomas is delighted to be showing a collection of needle-felted works, prints and paintings at Sarah Wiseman Gallery for

May Display:
Discover the Delights of Rhododendrons and Azaleas
Walking through an area planted with rhododendrons, azaleas and azaleodendrons when they are in bloom is a truly spectacular and frequently fragrant experience. Rhododendrons are usually medium or large evergreen shrubs, while azaleas tend to be smaller and may be evergreen or deciduous. Azalea

A Guy Like Me
Jeremy Irons
Film and TV actor Jeremy Irons lives with his wife Sinéad Cusack in rural Oxfordshire. He is best known for his Oscar-winning performance in Reversal of Fortune, Brideshead Revisited and as the voice of Scar in the Lion King. This month, he will be presenting a BBC Radio 4 Appeal

Early May is always a time of energy, inspiration and new ideas for anyone who loves their gardens. Taking time out to visit the first RHS show of the year at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern from 8-11 May is the perfect way to kick-start your plans, not only for your garden but using
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De Vere Cotswold Water Park
Set among the honey-coloured villages and rolling hills of The Cotswolds, De Vere Cotswold Water Park is a hotel as spectacular as its surroundings. In the heart of the 152 lakes that spread across the unique Cotswold Water Park, this is a place



