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Hockney and Hollywood

The Base Greenham

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show comes to Oxfordshire!

A major photomontage by Britain’s most famous living artist, David Hockney, comes to The Base, Greenham, from Friday 22 October until Sunday 28 November.

The Hockney and Hollywood exhibition features Hockney’s Nude, 17th June 1984 which was commissioned by his friend the Hollywood film director Nicolas Roeg to create an extraordinary life-sized nude photographic study of Theresa Russell, who starred as Marilyn Monroe for the movie Insignificance.

Hockney and Hollywood is on loan from The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle and is at The Base, Greenham from Friday 22 October until Sunday 28 November. Gallery opening times: Wednesday – Sunday, 10am – 5pm (last entry 4pm). Tickets £8 (£7 concs, £5 schools/students, under-16s free).

Eat Local: The Store, Oxford

Since The Store opened on the former site of Boswells it has become my go-to place to meet friends. Squishy velvet sofas, friendly staff, delicious coffee and a relaxed yet luxurious vibe (reluxed?). There’s also the possibility of spotting an A-lister amongst the mix of glamorous guests and locals hanging out in the lounge or slipping through to retreat down to the spa. I’ve also cocktailed on the roof (those views!) and dined at Treadwell, the hotel’s modern British restaurant, so I didn’t need asking twice if I would like to go along to review the new Spring menu.

Mon 17 Mar 2025

Review: Treadwell

New Spring Menu at The Store

We went to review the new Spring menu at Treadwell, the modern British restaurant at The Store, Oxford

Fri 7 Feb 2025

Japanese-Inspired Afternoon Tea

Review: Kibou Oxford

We went to review the new Afternoon Tea at Kibou Oxford

Tue 17 Dec 2024

Day Fever

Daytime Clubbing Comes to Oxford

Daytime disco, DAY FEVER is 'a revolution, a joyous celebration where people from all walks of life come together to dance, laugh, and relive the magic of those late nights out'. No