Oxford Golf Courses

Oxford and its surrounding area is full of golf courses to suit every ability and pocket http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/Oxfordgolfcourses.htm

Chiltern Railways

Vote for your favourite attraction and win a day out Date: 13 Mar 2009 11:39 Chiltern Railways are asking passengers to vote for their favourite attractions along their route to let other passengers know where people are recommending visiting this summer. In each category we will be giving one person who has voted tickets to go to their favourite attraction. The categories are as follows: • My favourite family day out • My favourite romantic day out • My favourite fun day out Robyn North, Marketing Executive at Chiltern Railways said: “We all love going out and about with our friends, family or our partner, but it really helps when we hear what other people have recommended, so that’s why we are asking you to vote in the Chiltern Railway’s Favourite Attraction Awards. “If you haven’t travelled with us or are stuck for ideas what to vote for, then pick up one of our new Days Out leaflet at your local station or visit www.chilternrailways.co.uk/daysout for lots of money saving offers on our route.” Voting start on Monday, 16th March 2009 and ends on 1st May 2009. To register your vote, please email myfavourite@chilternrailways.co.uk with the subject “Family”, “Romantic” or “Fun” to let us know what category you are entering. All attractions must be those featured within the Days Out leaflet and you must state why you like this attraction in no more than 250 words. The winners for each category will be notified by the 5th May 2009. The judge’s decision is final and we will ask before any entries are used for future publicity.

Racine’s Andromache at the Oxford Playhouse

 

by the Cheek By Jowl Company.
 

A review by Julia Gasper 12 March 2009

Saturday afternoon was rather warm, for the time of year, and the hottest place in Oxford was certainly the Playhouse, where the Cheek By Jowl company put on their sizzling production of Racine’s play Andromache. The story is about love, hate and desire for power, all converging in one intense, uncontrollable blaze of passion.

Oxford Gadget Review

A Review of Nuance Communications  

 Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred

Wireless

Voice Recognition Software.

Nicholas Newman 12 March 2009

It used to be said that talking to oneself was the first sign of madness. Today, it is no longer the case; because of the arrival of the latest version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred Wireless (DNS10). This voice to text technology has evolved a long way since it was demonstrated in the first series of Star Trek in 1968.

 Who is it for?

DNS10 is designed for professional writers, researchers, academics, journalists and even businessmen, such as estate agents or legal professionals. In fact, in any document intensive environment, DNS10 should prove a very useful tool in improving your productivity in dealing with the paper work. Even students will find it a valuable product for writing essays and dissertations. Its makers claim using voice recognition software can result in text being produced at three times the rate most people can type.

http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/dragonnaturallyspeaking10.htm

 

Oxford Theatre Review

Euripides’ HIPPOLYTUS
by Temple Theatre Company.

A review by Julia Gasper 12 March 2009

There are many good reasons for seeing Euripides’ tragedy , and one them is the line that jumps out at us when the enraged Hippolytus hears he is exiled by his father, King Theseus, “Power corrupts! Absolute power corrupts absolutely!” Did Euripides really write that two and half thousand years ago? Yes, he did, or words to that effect: “Kingship corrupts all who have held it,” is another version. These classical blokes noticed a thing or two, didn’t they? Somebody should tell Robert Mugabe.