an evening with philip pullman

sat 17th nov 2007 7:00pm
at st. john’s college, oxford ox1 3jp
£35
Philip Pullman, award – winning author and patron of Pegasus Theatre, features in a fundraising event for the theatre’s Building The Future redevelopment campaign.
The title Butterfly Soup comes from Philip’s explanation of his method of writing:
“The writing process is much more like what goes on [...]

Look Who’s Talking

If you’re interested in exploring the geology of the city and the surrounding area or getting your stories published, then you’ll want to come to our events at the Museum of Oxford.
The first event looks at what it was like in Oxford 200 million years ago and explores how the city looked in the ice [...]

Rose Hill redevelopment given the go-ahead

The Rose Hill redevelopment scheme has been given the go-ahead by Councillors on the Strategic Development Control Committee.
The plans had been approved by members on the South East Area Committee earlier this month.
It will now mean that work will start at the site at the beginning of next year.
The partners in the project are [...]

Winter RSA Lectures in London

Wednesday 7 November, 6pm
RSA Theme
Outside In: Rethinking Schooling – Joint Lecture Series with the Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Community based supplementary education impacting on the mainstream
Venue: RSA London
Speakers include: Paul Morrish, Deputy Chief Executive for External Affairs, ContinYou and Professor Tim Brighouse, Former Chief Education Officer for Birmingham and Oxfordshire and Chief Advisor for London schools
Chaired [...]

Europe News Stories

Fight at church as Pope begins sainthood for Franco’s clergy
Fighting broke out outside a church in Rome yesterday after the Pope beatified 498 priests and nuns killed in the Spanish Civil War.
Members of the congregation attacked left-wing protesters carrying a banner that read: “Those who have killed, tortured and exploited cannot be beatified.”
Around [...]