Culture

Nik Kershaw’s debut album Human Racing came out in 1984 and saw him dominating the singles chart with tracks including Wouldn’t It Be Good, I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me and Dancing Girls. Swiftly followed by The Riddle, Nik spent 62 weeks in the charts and was one of the musicians to play Live Aid in July 1985.

Described as having a diasporic upbringing, singer-songwriter Namvula is also a gifted photographer and was co-founder of Film Africa, a London-based celebration of African cinema and culture. She now lives in Oxford where she will be performing later this month at The North Wall.

This summer the Laura Lopes Gallery presents works by botanical artist Endellion Lycett Green in the Tithe Barn at Thyme. Through her art, Lycett Green pays testament to the inspiration she finds in the natural world.

For anyone who hasn’t come across Lydia Millen, she is an influencer-turned-writer who has embraced a life of bucolic bliss. Her debut book, Evergreen: Discover the Joy in Every Season, came out last autumn and encourage readers to be inspired and soothed by connecting with the natural world.

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) has opened its annual nature photography competition for 2024 with new categories and prizes.

Known for her raw and personal accounts of her life, Clover’s fourth book paints an intimate and poignant portrait of the emotional complexities she encounters as she considers moving from Baulking (a small village between Wantage and Faringdon) to the east coast of America where her husband has been working for some time.

Wild Goose Theatre returned to the Oxford Castle for their fourteenth year of outdoor performance. Their programme this year takes Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and places this comedy of love triangles and mistaken identity in the austere grounds of the Castle development.

Joining the herd in Oxford this summer is Claude, one of the ox within the mini herd in Oxford forming part of the OX Trail. Esther Lafferty spoke to Dan to find out about the concept behind Dan’s design.