Featured Events in Oxford in May 2025 (May Updated)

Through the expansive finding of fossils and development of new techniques and methods, the 19th century transformed our understanding of the history of Earth. Breaking Ground explores these themes through William Buckland, geologist and palaeontologist, and Mary Buckland (née Morland), a scientific illustrator, the couple at the heart of this exhibition. They both helped to establish new scientific methods and ideas, which led to fascinating discoveries in palaeontology, including the first ever dinosaur to be named to science.

Welcome to Daytime 80s/90s Clubbing for over 30's! Join us at Oxford Art Factory for a blast from the past filled with all your favorite tunes from the 80s and 90s. Dust off those dancing shoes and get ready to groove the day away with fellow party-goers who are over 30. Let's relive the good old days together in a fun and nostalgic atmosphere. Don't miss out on this epic daytime disco event! Information Source: Studio38 | eventbrite

SATURDAY 17th MAY 2025 | BEECFROFT HALL - OXFORD ACADEMY - OXFORDBritish Kingdom Pro-Wrestling Live! at the Beecroft Hall, Oxford Academy in Oxford, England. Live Pro-Wrestling Mega Show comes to Oxford for an all action packed evening of family entertainment, featuring Superstars from all over the World. Location: Beecroft Hall, The Oxford Academy, Sandy Lane West, Littlemore, Oxford, OX4 6JZ Date: Saturday 17th May 2025 Event Times: Doors Open | 5:30pm Event Starts | 6:00pm Event Tickets: £17.50 | Gold Front Row £15.00 | Silver Second Row £12.50 | Adults General Admission £10.00 | Kids General Admission £40.00 | Family of 4 (2 x Adults | 2 x Kids) £55.00 | Family of 6 (2 x Adults | 4 x Kids) £60.00 | Front Row Family of 4 (2 x Adults | 2 x Kids) £50.00 | Second Row Family of 4 (2 x Adults | 2 x Kids) Birthday Party Package Deals £100.00 | Kids Party of 10 (Includes 2 x Adults) £150.00 | Kids Party of 15 (Includes 2 x Adults) *Free Parking at the Venue Merchandise and In Ring Photos Available to purchase Information Source: British Kingdom Pro-Wrestling | eventbrite

Welcome to the Music and Comedy Fest! Come join us for a day filled with laughter and tunes at Cambridge Neighborhood Park. Get ready to groove to live music from talented artists and chuckle your way through hilarious comedy sets. It's the perfect way to spend a day with friends and family, enjoying great entertainment in a beautiful outdoor setting. Don't miss out on this fantastic event! Grab your picnic blanket, pack some snacks, and get ready for a day of fun. See you there! Information Source: Jokers Comedy On DA Move | eventbrite

Welcome to Introduction To Sailing! This course is aimed at those with little or no sailing experience and looking to get out on the water to try it out under expert supervision , this course will be over 3 x Saturday 2 hour morning sessions (booking is for all three mornings) and will cover: 1. How to sail in all directions 2. how to rig and setup a keelboat 3. Safety and basic sailing rules 4. practical experience of helming and crewing a keelboat. Sessions will take place on Saturday 24th , 31st May + 7 h Of June 2024 These sessions will be have one experienced sailor with two attendees so will be a great opportunity to get hands on . There will be opportunity to crew in the afternoon for participants to practice knowledge and gain further time on water , this is optional but recomended. Approx time is 1-5. Dates are conditional on weather, in cases of extreme wind the session may be postponed. A ge 16+ Information Source: Lough Neagh Sailing Club | eventbrite

Anselm Kiefer: Early Works is a landmark exhibition of one of the world's most important living artists, organised in collaboration with the Hall Art Foundation and drawn from the Hall Collection. Featuring paintings, watercolours, artist books, photos and woodcuts, all rarely displayed in the UK, this major exhibition takes us back to the origins of Anselm Kiefer.

Anselm Kiefer: Early Works is a landmark exhibition of one of the world's most important living artists, organised in collaboration with the Hall Art Foundation and drawn from the Hall Collection. Featuring paintings, watercolours, artist books, photos and woodcuts, all rarely displayed in the UK, this major exhibition takes us back to the origins of Anselm Kiefer.

End of Season Dinner Welcome to the End of Season Dinner at Oxford Rugby Football Club! Join us on Fri May 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM for a night of celebration and camaraderie as we wrap up another fantastic season. The event will take place at our club's premises, promising a fun-filled evening with great food, drinks, and entertainment. Come mingle with fellow players, coaches, and supporters as we reminisce about the highlights of the season and honor outstanding performances. It's a perfect opportunity to relax, unwind, and enjoy the company of your rugby family. Don't miss out on this special occasion to mark the end of a successful season. We look forward to seeing you there! Information Source: Friends of Activate | eventbrite

This workshop explores ways improvisation can be used in performance or for devising new work. This workshop is for anyone who is entirely new to improv, hasn't tried it for years, or wants to brush up on their skills. Even people who don’t consider themselves actors. Working with Nathan is joyous. He encourages you to listen and play without fear. - Improv workshop participant & professional actor Information Source: Oxford People's Theatre | eventbrite

A workshop looking at the new translations of Ibsen’s plays A Doll’s House and When We Dead Awaken and Laura Kieler’s play Men of Honour, to be published by OUP in their Worlds Classics series in November 2025. Laura Kieler, the model for Nora in A Doll’s House, had a complex, ongoing interaction with Ibsen, conducted across several decades and, most intriguingly, through these three plays in which they speak to one another. With excerpts from the plays and other relevant texts voiced by professional actors, the workshop will look at Laura Kieler’s life, literary and sociopolitical works, her role in the provenance of Ibsen’s international fame, her response to his use of her ‘life’, here translated into English for the first time, and Ibsen’s subsequent justification of the (male) artist’s exploitation of lives and bodies. Context is all, and context makes for relevance. Laura Kieler’s voice is central to an understanding of Ibsen – and of her times and our times. The workshop will be led by the Kieler and Ibsen scholars Kirsten Shepherd and Tzen Sam, and by the translator Gaye Kynoch. Information Source: TORCH | eventbrite

We are thrilled to welcome Karolina Ramqvist and Katie Goh to the shop to discuss their memoirs, which both beautifully explore their history and experiences through food. Karolina and Katie will be in conversation with Ruby Martin. Doors: 6.30pm, starts: 6.45pm Tickets are £4. Admission is free when purchasing a copy of either book. About BREAD & MILK: In Bread and Milk, Karolina Ramqvist traces a girlhood through food - she recalls the bag of tangerines devoured in one sitting outside her mother's bedroom, and delighting in the luxury of that extra knob of butter on her grandmother's rice pudding. In the thin spread of low-fat margarine on her mother's bread, and the pancakes on the counter each time she will be left alone for the night, the young Karolina learns that food connects the women in her life as much as it reveals the chasms between them. When she finds herself a single parent to a daughter of her own, food becomes the way for her to show her love, but also instils a complicated inheritance. Bread and Milk is a brazenly intelligent - and mouth-wateringly delicious - reflection on love, motherhood and family from one of Sweden's most notable literary stylists. About FOREIGN FRUIT: The orange we know, waxed in vats, gathered in red netting and stacked in supermarket displays, is not the same orange that grew from the first straggling orange grove that took root on the Tibetan plateau, part pomelo and part mandarin. The orange is a souvenir of history. Across time, it has been a harbinger of God and doom, fortune and failure, pleasure and suffering. It is a fruit containing metaphors, dreams, mythologies, superstitions, parables and histories within its tough rind. So, what happens when the fruit is peeled and each segment - each moment of history, each meaning in time - is pulled apart? In this distinct, subversive and intimate hybrid memoir, Katie Goh explores the orange as a means of understanding the world, and herself within it. What she finds is a world of violence, colonialism, resilience, survival, adaptation - and of unexpected beauty and sweetness against all odds. About the authors: Karolina Ramqvist is one of the most influential writers and feminists of her generation in Sweden. She has written five novels and is widely celebrated for her powerful explorations of contemporary issues such as sexuality, commercialisation, isolation and belonging. In 2015, Karolina was awarded the prestigious P.O. Enquist Literary Prize for The White City (Den vita staden), and for her ‘unique and strong position in Swedish literature’. She is the author of Bear Woman, published in 2023. Katie Goh is a writer, the First Person Editor at gal-dem and the Non-Fiction Editor at Extra Teeth literary magazine. She writes about culture and social issues for publications including i-D, the Guardian, the Independent, VICE, Huck, Nylon, Dazed and Crack. Her writing has been shortlisted for BBC Scotland and Wigtown Book Festival’s Anne Brown Essay Prize, PPA Scotland’s Young Journalist of the Year Award and the University of Glasgow’s Kavya Prize. Katie became a member of the UK Critics Circle in 2020. Katie’s short book of essays The End: Surviving the World Through Imagined Disasters was published by 404 Ink in 2021. It was a Reviewer’s Choice for The Big Issue’s Independent Books of 2021 and shortlisted for the inaugural Kavya Prize in 2022. Katie was awarded funding from Creative Scotland’s Open Fund for Individuals to research and develop this book proposal. She currently lives in Edinburgh. Part of Stories From Sweden, supported by the Swedish Arts Council in collaboration with the Swedish Embassy, UK. If you cannot make the event but would like a dedicated copy of one of the books, please email events.manchester@blackwell.co.uk or call us on 0161 274 3331. Our event format is usually a 45 minute discussion between the author and interviewer, followed by a chance for audience members to ask questions. There will be the opportunity to get your book signed/dedicated after the event. Events are a brilliant opportunity to discover new books, meet authors and likeminded readers and learn something new. Support your local bookshop and help us keep the Manchester literary scene vibrant and exciting. You can follow us on Eventbrite and social media (@BlackwellsMCR) to keep up to date on upcoming events. Information Source: Blackwell's Manchester | eventbrite

While The Music Lasts When her father dies, music historian and trombonist Dr Emily MacGregor finds that music has become too much. Listening, let alone playing, is too difficult to cope with, and she can't listen to anything anymore. This is problematic given that she's a broadcaster, writer and academic working with classical music. It leads her on a journey of discovery: from the arrangement of an Isaac Albéniz piece she finds on her father's guitar stand, through encounters with psychologists, orchestras, summer schools and funeral celebrants, to the lives and works of individual composers who wrote music so often in the midst of loss. What is it about our experience of music that cuts so sharply to the heart of our emotions? And why is it more than any other artform painfully, exquistely crucial in the evoking of memories? Emily MacGregor Emily MacGregor is a writer, music historian and broadcaster based at King's College, London. She appears regulary as a music expert on BBC radio. Laura Tunbridge Laura Tunbridge, FBA, is a Professor of Music at the University of Oxford, specialising in Beethoven, Robert Schumann, song, and chamber music. Information Source: Blackwell's, Broad Street Oxford | eventbrite

We are thrilled to welcome Catherine Prasifka to the shop to discuss her second novel, THIS IS HOW YOU REMEMBER IT, a potent tale about the dangers of growing up online. Doors: 6.30pm, starts: 6.45pm Tickets are £4. Admission is free when purchasing a copy the book. About the book: You're nine when you get your first computer. It's not long before you discover porn. You don't know what you're watching, but you do know that you shouldn't tell anybody. Later, older, your first kiss is captured on camera and shared with everyone in your year. Part of the incessant cycle of posting, sharing and liking. Now, you can't remember a time when you didn't feel hollow inside. Now, you know that something has to change. Chilling, potent and intensely intimate, This Is How You Remember It is about a life lived online - and about finding another way when it's all you've ever known. It is an essential document. I wish it wasn't. I'm so glad it exists. - Jo Hamya, The Guardian About the author: Catherine Prasifka was born in Dublin. Her debut novel, None of This Is Serious, was an Irish Times bestseller and was picked as ‘one to watch’ for 2022 by the Irish Times, Stylist and the Irish Independent. She holds a BA in English Literature from Trinity College Dublin, an MLitt in Fantasy Literature from the University of Glasgow and an MA in Irish Folklore and Ethnology from University College Dublin. In 2024, Catherine was appointed as Writer Fellow at Trinity College Dublin. If you cannot make the event but would like a dedicated copy of the book, please email events.manchester@blackwell.co.uk or call us on 0161 274 3331. Our event format is usually a 45 minute discussion between the author and interviewer, followed by a chance for audience members to ask questions. There will be the opportunity to get your book signed/dedicated after the event. Events are a brilliant opportunity to discover new books, meet authors and likeminded readers and learn something new. Support your local bookshop and help us keep the Manchester literary scene vibrant and exciting. You can follow us on Eventbrite and social media (@BlackwellsMCR) to keep up to date on upcoming events. Information Source: Blackwell's Manchester | eventbrite

Explore the metaphysical beauty of watercolour painting as a mark-making technique to document patterns from your life and dreams. Inspired by Barbara Steveni and the Fluxus artists she collaborated with, we’ll use watercolour as a pathway to abstraction –both as a means of expression and as a way to celebrate the patterns and rhythms that shape our thoughts and daily lives. No painting experience necessary! This session introduces basic watercolour techniques and new approaches to abstraction. It’s an invitation to slow down, reflect, and notice beauty in the smallest details, all while sharing the process in a welcoming environment. This is the third of three evening classes inspired by our current exhibition Barbara Steveni: I Find Myself. Tickets are sold per session to keep things flexible, but we encourage you to attend all three if you can! Friends received early booking on this event. Find out more about joining as a Friend here. Information Source: Modern Art Oxford | eventbrite

Sitting at home on your fold out chair in your new 1 bedroom unit blasting some Divorced Dad Rock? Come enjoy a night out where you get to hear your favourite grungy, grunty, groany bands back when music was ‘actually good’ 😎 Make sure to tell everyone around you that you can’t believe they don't know each song that plays. We’ll be putting our hands in our pockets and leaning back to the sounds of: Nickelback / Daughtry / Creed / Tonic / Hinder / Lifehouse / Papa Roach / 3 Doors Down / Pearl Jam / Seether / Incubus / Staind / Fuel / Three Days Grace / Puddle of Mudd / Soundgarden / Audio Slave / Stone Temple Pilots / Foo Fighters / Spiderbait / Powderfinger / Nirvana / Killing Heidi / Silverchair Name one song from the shirt you're wearing haha, I bet you can't! Best DADCORE outfit wins prizes! $100 Bar Tab Giveaways DAD THEMED DRINKS ‘NOW THIS IS MUSIC’ MOONSHINE ‘I SAW THESE GUYS LIVE ONCE’’ GULP ‘BACK IN MY DAY’ DROP Early bird tickets are only $10, pretty cheap compared to child support 🤑 Staff wanted - multiple roles available! DJs, Designers, Photographers, Content Creators, Influencers, Videographers, Video Editors, Photo Editors, Door Staff, Event Hosting Staff, Full time event managers, plus more! INBOX THE EVENT PAGE TO APPLY. DO NOT CONTACT VENUES. We do not condone the purchase of tickets from any 3rd party resellers. The only way to guarantee the authenticity of tickets is by purchasing directly from the ticket link listed in our event. If an individual claims to have tickets available for this event they are not verified by us ​​and may not be legitimate tickets. Unfortunately, this event is not 100% wheelchair accessible. Please check the venue's website for more information. Companion cards are welcome, just show it on entry. We do not tolerate any disrespectful behaviour toward other patrons. 18+ photo ID required. No refunds. End time of this event is approximate; it might end earlier or later depending on the venue and how busy it is. Information Source: Emo Night | eventbrite

THE PIT OL/DL 5 ON 5 CAMP Come join us at mTrade for an epic football event like no other! The PIT OL/DL 5 ON 5 CAMP is your chance to showcase your skills on the fieldand compete against other big men in the game. Expect intense matchups, coaching sessions, and a whole lot of fun. DATE: MAY 31, 2025 TIME: 10AM-6PM GUARANTEED 3 GAMES (DOUBLE ELIMINATION) TEAM REGISTRATION MIDDLE SCHOOL: $250.00 PER TEAM MAX 10 TEAMS HIGH SCHOOL: $500.00 PER TEAM MAX 10 TEAMS INDIVIDUALS: $150.00 Information Source: eventbrite

Come join us on May the 4th to celebrate all things Star Wars. Tickets are at your Fingertips, don’t miss out! Best outfit wins a $100 voucher + Beserk Prizes! Be sure to tag us on Instagram in your outfits for your chance to win best dressed! @cosraves Free Glow Sticks Free Chupa Chups $10 Early Bird Tickets Themed Drinks: Jedi Juice Skywalker Spritz Darth Drank Staff wanted - multiple roles available! DJs, Designers, Photographers, Content Creators, Influencers, Videographers, Video Editors, Photo Editors, Door Staff, Event Hosting Staff, Full time event managers, Plus More! Inbox our page if interested! (Do not inbox the venue page) We do not condone the purchase of tickets from any 3rd party resellers. The only way to guarantee the authenticity of tickets is by purchasing directly from the ticket link listed in our event. If an individual claims to have tickets available for this event they are not verified by us and may not be legitimate tickets. This event is body positive & LGBTQIA+ friendly. Have fun, respect our safe space and treat people with kindness 18+ photo ID required. No refunds. Information Source: COSRAVES.COM | eventbrite

Join us for our annual Manchester Lecture, this year delivered by Professor Santanu Das, Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford. Professor Das, whose work focuses on early twentieth-century literature and culture, will be speaking about Nobel prize winning poet, songwriter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationalist Rabindranath Tagore. The lecture will take place the week following Rabindra Jayanti, the annual cultural festival in remembrance of Tagore. Tagore's links to Harris Manchester College stem from his relationship with former Principal Joseph Estlin Carpenter – a scholar of Sanskrit and Eastern religions. He subsequently visited the College twice, delivering the Hibbert lecture on his second visit in 1930. This year’s Manchester Lecture will be the first in our newly renovated chapel. The event is free and open to all. Information Source: Harris Manchester College | eventbrite

Hark We're told women are good at listening, but we rarely examine what they're listening to, what their worlds sound like, or how it feels to be expected to listen in a world of noise made by men. Like so many of us, Alice Vincent had become overwhelmed by the sensory overload punctuating our every moment. And then, a baby's heartbeat arrived. A rapid, pulsing whoosh of white noise. An undeniable rhythm. Once again, Alice's life became cacophonous - both with a new child, but also with the societal pressures that motherhood holds. What followed was a personal quest to rediscover sound as something alive and vital and restorative. Beyond music, Alice's journey takes her into new corners of listening: from the phantom crying heard by mothers across the world to the nightingale's song and the crackle of the Aurora Borealis. As our attention spans shrink and our sense of disconnection grows, Alice wants to find out if sound - seeking it, trying to hold on to it, making space for it in her life - can reconnect her not only to lost parts of herself but to a life more consciously lived. Hark is a book for women who feel unheard and a means of listening more deeply in a world that has grown too loud. Alice Vincent Alice Vincent is a writer, broadcaster and multi-platform storyteller fascinated by the often-overlooked parts of life. Her books include the bestselling Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival, which was shortlisted in the 2023 Books Are My Bag Readers Awards and Rootbound, Rewilding a Life. Both were longlisted for the Wainwright Prize. A career journalist, she was a writer and editor on the arts desk of The Telegraph before joining Penguin as an editor. Now a columnist for The Guardian and Gardens Illustrated, Alice has offered readers her fresh approach to nature, gardening and life in the city as a columnist for The Telegraph and The New Statesman. She writes for titles including Vogue, The Financial Times, The Sunday Times and The Observer. Information Source: Blackwell's, Broad Street Oxford | eventbrite

You are invited to the museum’s final night before closing forever。 Step into a world where history shakes off the dust. Tonight, artifacts step out of glass cases and onto the stage, breathing new life into tales buried for centuries. Journey through eras. Witness artifacts breathe. See the past pulse with life. This is more than a show—it’s a time machine. Will you answer its call? Performance details: Location: The Edward Boyle Auditorium, St Hilda's College, Oxford, OX4 1DY Matinee Show: Begins at 2:30 PM (Doors open at 2:00 PM). Evening Show: Begins at 7:30 PM (Doors open at 7:00 PM). The performance runs for approximately 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission. Pricing: Supported Ticket (£6): Designed for those needing financial flexibility. Choose this tier without hesitation—your presence is what matters most.General Admission (£10): The standard rate, fairly covering production costs. Ideal for most attendees.Patron Ticket (£14): For those able to contribute more. Your generosity directly funds discounted tickets, ensuring art remains accessible to all.All tickets grant the same experience; select the tier that aligns with your circumstances. Together, we honor both heritage and community. Information Source: PhoenOx Chinese Dance Society | eventbrite

Come and join Oxfordshire Westgate Library for an evening with Sunday Times bestseller John Connolly. John Connolly is a crime and thriller writer. Join us as he talks about his writing and career to date as well as his latest novel, ‘The Children of Eve’. Have a chance to meet John and purchase a signed copy of his book at the end. Oxford Westgate Library - Collaboration Space (Second Floor) Information Source: Oxfordshire Libraries | eventbrite

Contemporary art, entertainment, and architecture cultures offer a growing amount of digitally mediated spatial experiences. These experiences are situated either in the metaverse - like virtual reality, or location-based in physical realms - like augmented reality, and increasingly powered by generative systems such as AI.But are such spatially 'immersive experiences' a new phenomenon, and are they dependent on digital innovation? This event brings together a panel of leading experts from different sectors including film, music, art, and cultural heritage to discuss the history and current developments of spatial illusion technologies in the digital age. The panel discussion will be preceded by an introductory talk by Professor Richard Koeck (University of Liverpool), author of The Art of Spatial Illusion (Routledge, 2024), and followed by a drinks reception. PROGRAMME 5PM - Welcome and introductory talk by Professor Richard Koeck Richard will take the audience on an insightful journey and exploration of the evolving relationship between humans, media, and spatial environments, tracing their progression from the Renaissance, via Modernity and Postmodernity, to today’s digital age. Speaking on his new book, he will offer a compelling reading and re-evaluation of architectural history and media theory, drawing connections between historical practices, technological innovations, and contemporary immersive experiences. 5.20PM - Panel discussion followed by Q&A Panellists include: Professor François Penz - Emeritus Professor at the Architecture Department of the University of Cambridge specialised in film and architecture Hilary Knight – Independent Cultural Consultant and former Director of Digital at Tate who helps creative and cultural organisations worldwide with digital and content strategies that will make them more responsive and resilient in a fast-changing world Dave Kay - Director of Adlib, a major event technology company with expertise in big live music venues and spatial audio production 6.20PM - Networking reception 7.00PM - Event closes FIND US This event will take place in the Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub at Jesus College, Oxford. The Hub entrance is on Market Street (opposite Wagamama). The Hub is accessible, with automatic double doors at the entrance and lifts to and from the main lower ground floor event space. If you have any accessibility requirements, please do contact digitalhub@jesus.ox.ac.uk and we are happy to help. *Filming and photography will be taking place during the event. If you do not wish to be photographed or filmed, please notify a member of the Hub team on arrival. Information Source: Jesus College Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub | eventbrite

Flying Fox Theatre presents Something Sketchy Flying Fox Theatre presents “Something Sketchy,” a hilarious night of not-quite family entertainment packed with comedy sketches and songs performed by a mischievous ensemble cast. Featuring the music of Kool Skool. Age 14+. Join us as we launch Flying Fox Theatre, a brand new company formed by veterans of the vibrant Oxford amateur drama scene. We met doing the Florence Park panto, and we want to bring its joyful spirit to everything we do (oh yes we do!). Please join our mailing list by contacting us at info@flyingfoxtheatre.com. Information Source: Flying Fox Theatre | eventbrite

We are thrilled to be welcoming Katharina Volckmer and Nussaibah Younis to the shop for an evening of bold, outlandish fiction. Katharina and Nussaibah will be discussing their novels CALLS MAY BE RECORDED FOR TRAINING AND MONITORING PURPOSES and FUNDAMENTALLY in conversation with Naomi Frisby. Doors: 6.30pm, starts: 6.45pm Tickets are £4. Admission is free when purchasing a copy of either book. About the books: About CALLS MAY BE RECORDED: In a London call centre, Jimmie helps holiday makers with myriad problems, but he is hardly a model employee. He doesn't simply provide customer service to his clients and advice to his colleagues, he gets involved in their fantasies and frustrations, and now he's about to be hauled up in front of the boss. From perfecting his roles as an undertaker and as a clown to performing duties above and beyond his employment contract, he debates the importance of the optimum shade for lipstick and bathroom walls, the pros and cons of nudist versus textile, as well as the psychological impacts of an Italian mother and an emotional support animal. This is the second, ribald, scatological novel from the brilliant author of The Appointment. Jimmie's sly, sharp, melancholy insights into the indignities of a world which aims to eliminate the human will make you laugh, weep and never look the same way at an electric carving knife again. About FUNDAMENTALLY: Nadia is an academic who's been disowned by her puritanical mother and dumped by her lover, Rosy. She decides to make a getaway, accepting a UN job in Iraq. Tasked with rehabilitating ISIS women, Nadia becomes mired in the opaque world of international aid, surrounded by bumbling colleagues. Sara is a precocious and sweary East Londoner who joined ISIS at just fifteen. Nadia is struck by how similar they are: both feisty and opinionated, from a Muslim background, with a shared love of Dairy Milk and rude pick-up lines. A powerful friendship forms between the two women, until a secret confession from Sara threatens everything Nadia has been working for. A bitingly original, wildly funny and razor-sharp exploration of love, family, religion and the decisions we make in pursuit of belonging, Fundamentally upends and explores a defining controversy of our age with heart, complexity and humour. About the authors: Katharina Volckmer was born in Germany in 1987. She now lives in London where she works for a literary agency. Her first novel The Appointment has been translated into over 15 languages and has been adapted for the stage and radio in several countries. This book is filled with brilliant dialogue, unexpected turns, some very dirty talk with sudden bursts of hilarity, and then fierce sadness. It exudes dark energy. It is highly original. It gives pleasure on every page. - Colm Tóibín, author of Brooklyn and Long Island Dr. Nussaibah Younisis a peace-building practitioner and a globally recognized expert on contemporary Iraq. She has a PhD in international affairs from Durham University in the UK and a BA in modern history and English from the University of Oxford. Dr. Younis was a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC, where she directed the Future of Iraq Task Force and offered strategic advice to US government agencies on Iraq policy. Dr. Younis has published op-eds in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Guardian, and has provided on-air commentary for the BBC and Al Jazeera. She was born in the United Kingdom to an Iraqi father and a Pakistani mother, and currently lives in London. Younis is a fantastic comic writer: caustic, pitiless, unafraid, with razor-sharp powers of observation. The book is laugh-out-loud funny, and many of the jokes, besides being hilarious, are jaw-dropping in their audacity. - Jonathan Coe Tickets are £4.00. Admission is free when purchasing a copy of either of the books. If you cannot make the event but would like a dedicated copy of the book, please email events.manchester@blackwell.co.uk or call us on 0161 274 3331. Our event format is usually a 45 minute discussion between the author and interviewer, followed by a chance for audience members to ask questions. There will be the opportunity to get your book signed/dedicated after the event. Events are a brilliant opportunity to discover new books, meet authors and likeminded readers and learn something new. Support your local bookshop and help us keep the Manchester literary scene vibrant and exciting. You can follow us on Eventbrite and social media (@BlackwellsMCR) to keep up to date on upcoming events. Information Source: Blackwell's Manchester | eventbrite

Hark We're told women are good at listening, but we rarely examine what they're listening to, what their worlds sound like, or how it feels to be expected to listen in a world of noise made by men. Like so many of us, Alice Vincent had become overwhelmed by the sensory overload punctuating our every moment. And then, a baby's heartbeat arrived. A rapid, pulsing whoosh of white noise. An undeniable rhythm. Once again, Alice's life became cacophonous - both with a new child, but also with the societal pressures that motherhood holds. What followed was a personal quest to rediscover sound as something alive and vital and restorative. Beyond music, Alice's journey takes her into new corners of listening: from the phantom crying heard by mothers across the world to the nightingale's song and the crackle of the Aurora Borealis. As our attention spans shrink and our sense of disconnection grows, Alice wants to find out if sound - seeking it, trying to hold on to it, making space for it in her life - can reconnect her not only to lost parts of herself but to a life more consciously lived. Hark is a book for women who feel unheard and a means of listening more deeply in a world that has grown too loud. Alice Vincent Alice Vincent is a writer, broadcaster and multi-platform storyteller fascinated by the often-overlooked parts of life. Her books include the bestselling Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival, which was shortlisted in the 2023 Books Are My Bag Readers Awards and Rootbound, Rewilding a Life. Both were longlisted for the Wainwright Prize. A career journalist, she was a writer and editor on the arts desk of The Telegraph before joining Penguin as an editor. Now a columnist for The Guardian and Gardens Illustrated, Alice has offered readers her fresh approach to nature, gardening and life in the city as a columnist for The Telegraph and The New Statesman. She writes for titles including Vogue, The Financial Times, The Sunday Times and The Observer. Information Source: Blackwell's, Broad Street Oxford | eventbrite

This is a donation based talk with a minimum suggested on the door of £6 All monies raised go to ABC Against Breast Cancer Abingdon Suitable for 12+ years Information Source: caroline casey | eventbrite

Welcome to the Oxford Welsh Male Voice Choir Concert in Burford presented by the Burford and Kingham Rotary Club! Join us for an evening of beautiful harmonies and powerful performances at St John the Baptist Church. Get ready to be swept off your feet by the incredible voices of the talented choir members. As well as their normal programme the choir will be performing a medley of wartime favourites to help celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The ticket price includes refreshments during the intermission. All proceeds will be donated to our charities including, Maggies, Prostate Cancer, and other Rotary charities. Grab your tickets now and come enjoy a magical musical experience with us. Information Source: Burford and Kingham Rotary Club | eventbrite

SATURDAY 3rd MAY 2025 | BEECFROFT HALL - OXFORD ACADEMY - OXFORDBritish Kingdom Pro-Wrestling Live! at the Beecroft Hall, Oxford Academy in Oxford, England. Live Pro-Wrestling Mega Show comes to Oxford for an all action packed evening of family entertainment, featuring Superstars from all over the World. Location: Beecroft Hall, The Oxford Academy, Sandy Lane West, Littlemore, Oxford, OX4 6JZ Date: Saturday 3rd May 2025 Event Times: Doors Open | 5:30pm Event Starts | 6:00pm Event Tickets: £17.50 | Gold Front Row £15.00 | Silver Second Row £12.50 | Adults General Admission £10.00 | Kids General Admission £40.00 | Family of 4 (2 x Adults | 2 x Kids) £55.00 | Family of 6 (2 x Adults | 4 x Kids) £60.00 | Front Row Family of 4 (2 x Adults | 2 x Kids) £50.00 | Second Row Family of 4 (2 x Adults | 2 x Kids) Birthday Party Package Deals £100.00 | Kids Party of 10 (Includes 2 x Adults) £150.00 | Kids Party of 15 (Includes 2 x Adults) *Free Parking at the Venue Merchandise and In Ring Photos Available to purchase Information Source: British Kingdom Pro-Wrestling | eventbrite

Explore Swansea City v Oxford United sporting information for 3rd May, as well as links for Football tickets and more with Fixture Calendar. Swansea City is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. They currently compete in the second tier of English football, the Championship. The club was founded in 1912 and has a rich history, having won the Welsh Cup a record 10 times. They have also won the English Championship playoffs on two occasions, allowing them to play in the Premier League in recent years. The Swans, as they are commonly known, have a strong fan base and play their home matches at the Liberty Stadium, which has a capacity of over 21,000. The team boasts notable players such as Andre Ayew, Morgan Gibbs-White, and Matt Grimes, all of whom have contributed to the team's success and solidified their position as a top team in the English football league. Swansea City continues to make strides in their performances and look to add more silverware and achievements to their already illustrious history. Oxford United Football Club is a professional football team based in Oxford, England. The team was founded in 1893 and has since then been a member of the English Football League. They currently compete in League One, the third tier of English football. Over the years, Oxford United has developed a strong fan base and has won several accolades, including the Football League Cup in 1986. The team has produced notable players such as James Constable, Kemar Roofe, and Curtis Nelson. The home stadium for Oxford United is the Kassam Stadium, which has a capacity of over 12,000 spectators. With a rich history and talented players, Oxford United continues to be a competitive force in English football. Information Source: fixturecalendar.com