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In Review: Truck Festival 2023

Over the many years that I’ve been going to Truck Festival, you can never predict the weather. Some years it’s so hot spontaneous water gun fights break out every twenty paces as a very necessary way to combat the baking…

Rosie JacobsJuly 25, 2023

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In Review: Treehouse Festival 2023

As a veteran of the ‘big ticket’ festivals in the UK, I was very excited and admittedly a little apprehensive to be visiting the Treehouse Music Festival, an independent 4-day festival in Oxfordshire with less than 500 attendees, for the…

Rosie JacobsJuly 19, 2023

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In Review: Boomtown 2022

Last weekend I travelled to one of the biggest indie festivals in the UK Boomtown, to explore it's immersive and inspirational festival city, see first hand how they are striving to make the festival carbon neutral, and how they plan…

Rosie JacobsAugust 17, 2022

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In Review: My First Home: A Body Positivity Workshop for Mothers from Mum’s the Word

I first met the lovely Kate Thirlwall of Mum’s the Word when I was five months pregnant and she had an exhibition at Silvie - The Newborn Mother: Illustrated Poems. The exhibition was the result of a creative exchange between…

Rosie JacobsNovember 28, 2019

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In Review: Truck Festival 2019

The hills were once again alive with the sounds of awesome music at Hill Farm in Steventon for the 2019 edition of Truck Festival. Local bands stole the show with a fantastic headline set from Foals, as well as a…

Rosie JacobsAugust 1, 2019

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In Review: Afternoon Tea At The Parsonage Grill

If you're in search for the best place to have afternoon tea in Oxford, you can't get better than the Parsonage Grill at the Old Parsonage.

Rosie JacobsJuly 23, 2019

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In Review: Pompette

On a warm summer evening in June, the Indie Oxford team headed up to Summertown to try out new kid on the block Pompette.

Rosie JacobsJuly 8, 2019

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In Review: Cranston Pickles Supper Club

The other month, Rosie and I were chuffed to be invited to Cranston Pickles’ first ever supper club. Hosted in Hamblin on Iffley Road, we were promised an eight-course menu of pickled delights created by Fiona Cranston and chef friend…

Rosie JacobsJuly 4, 2019

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In Review: Mum’s the Word Exhibition at Silvie

We all know change in life is inevitable and it amazes me how when change happens, people in your community come from all angles with support, words of wisdom and honest thoughts on how a change has also affected them.…

Rosie JacobsMarch 11, 2019

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Silvie’s Sunday Lunch with a Difference

The other week Jess from Silvie got in touch with us to proudly announce a new offer from the ever-popular indie eatery – a relaxed, home cooked roast with a difference. So off my other half and I went to…

Rosie JacobsFebruary 16, 2019

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In Review: Truck Festival 2023

In Review: Treehouse Festival 2023

In Review: Boomtown 2022

In Review: My First Home: A Body Positivity Workshop for Mothers from Mum’s the Word

In Review: Truck Festival 2019

In Review: Afternoon Tea At The Parsonage Grill

In Review: Pompette

In Review: Cranston Pickles Supper Club

In Review: Mum’s the Word Exhibition at Silvie

Silvie’s Sunday Lunch with a Difference

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