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Basement Jaxx, Goldfrapp and The Stranglers have been named among the acts heading to Warwickshire this summer for the Lunar Festival.

The gaming world is slowly starting to wake up for 2018 as we head into March but February had a few little surprises up its sleeve.

A nationally touring show, Stand up for Labour, comes to Banbury for just one night this week at The Cornhill Centre, Castle Street, Banbury and is open to all.

It might only be the first day of the working week, but that hasn’t stopped many of us counting down the minutes until pub o’clock.

Matt Adcock reviews I, Tonya (15)

One of the UK’s fastest growing pub groups, Oakman Inns & Restaurants Ltd - which has popular venues across Herts, Bucks, Beds, Northants, Warwickshire and Oxfordshire - has again been voted by their own team as one of the top employers in the UK.

Matt Adcock reviews Red Sparrow (15), starring Jennifer Lawrence

Loose Gravel makes for skiddy start.

Top West End musicals, world-famous musicians and top class comedy – just a few of the things audiences can look forward to at the New Theatre Oxford over the coming months.

Matt Adcock reviews Gringo (15)

Real thrills on two wheels but limited.

Looking for something to do this weekend? Here’s what’s going on.

A Supermassive disappointment.

Matt Adcock reviews Tomb Raider (12A), starring Alicia Vikander

ZSL Whipsnade Zoo has finished restoration work on the Whipsnade White Lion, a famous chalk image that has overlooked the Dunstable Downs in Bedfordshire since 1933.

This year’s Fairport’s Cropredy Convention is to be one of the most iconic yet as the Beach Boys’ co-founder Brian Wilson headlines the opening night show.

Fairytale Farm, near Chipping Norton, will have lots of visitor attractions this Easter.

The Handmade Fair presented by Kirstie Allsopp is set to pitch up in Wiltshire for the very first time this summer giving craft enthusiasts in the south the chance to experience the ultimate creative day out.

The Black Horse in Thame is a bit like entering Dr Who’s tardis. You enter what appears to be a fairly ordinary 16th century pub then wander into a gloriously sunny garden room before moving into the original coach house, which has been given a new lease of life, transformed into an impressive dining room with striking metal chandeliers strung between original beams and with real linen napkins on the tables. This sets the scene for an extremely pleasing dining experience, for the food served here is simply divine.

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