Excited about the Leys Festival, which will take place this Sunday 12 noon until 7pm in Blackbird Leys Park. Music, art, food, sport, kids activities. A celebration of everything that’s great about the Leys. All welcome! humanities.ox.ac.uk/article/annual…

Only 2 DAYS until the Leys Festival and the sun is going to shine! This free community event is open to all so come along and enjoy fun in the sun this Sunday at Blackbird Leys Park The event gets underway from 12pm until 7pm with lots to see and do! #onepeopleoneplace

Kafka's texts push the boundaries of truth, forcing us to question what we believe. In this talk, Leah Tomkins develops a Kafkan take on two of the most pressing concerns in modern life: the phenomenon of #FakeNews and the advent of #AI. go.glam.ox.ac.uk/KafkaFakeNewsAI #OxfordKafka2024

There are two opportunities to hear Luke Lewis @3choirs commission in the next few days - read more about the piece and the concerts 👇 music.ox.ac.uk/article/dr-luk…

The book of our BrookesPoetryCentre / The Cultural Programme exhibition/project/map about the radical Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera has arrived! Huge thanks to The Cultural Programme & all our collaborators but particularly to designer Julia Utreras of Common Books. (1/2)

TORCH Oxford Vacancy: International Officer (Maternity Cover) 2024. A great team is looking for someone with a global outlook! DEADLINE: 9 September. Humanities Division University of Oxford Oxford Students AfOx CaribOx Find out more torch.ox.ac.uk/event/vacancy-…

We recently had the first workshop with The Cultural Programme for 'Let’s Build a Town!', a new collaborative music-theatre project. We spent a fab day with young people at St Francis CofE Primary School, devising new city-themed music and movement. More info on this project soon!

Really exciting to get started on this project with Rose Martin, Emma-Jane Greig, Lucy Hunt et al - produced by The Cultural Programme & working with a link school of @magdalencollege / @magdoutreach #LetsBuildATown

As Ian Ellison reveals, the first ever use of the term #Kafkaesque was about "something funny and original, far removed from the dour and illogical menace of perverse bureaucratic systems". Check out his illuminating piece in the Literary Review: literaryreview.co.uk/metamorphosis-…

I've published a new post on Music Patron on birds, mimicry, and why AI-generated music is often quite rubbish. Featuring a cute field recording I made of a tui. This one free to access but if you like my work, consider supporting me on music patron musicpatron.com/composer/rober…

This is great to see 👏 MultakaOxford brings communities together by sharing the rich knowledge and heritage of people from all over the world who have made their home in Oxfordshire. It's based at History of Science Museum and Pitt Rivers Museum and is generously supported by الوليد للإنسانية.

📢EVENT: Join Prof. Kamaldeep Bhui CBE Carolin Duttlinger and others for our Kafka in Mind event, which will explore Kafka’s work in relation to the mind and mental illnesses. Information & tickets: tinyurl.com/c8jfx85k Oxford Kafka #oxfordkafka2024 #franzkafka #Kafka2024

Celebrating #TutuTuesday with a dose of #beauty for your feed, from First Soloist Julia Conway! #ballet

Researchers identified two brain networks that help us anticipate and identify transitions in music – such as when the beat is about to drop. newscientist.com/article/244527…

Delighted to announce that we’ll be presenting a script-in-hand performance of The Busy Body, Susanna Centlivre's clever & hilarious comedy (first performed in 1709) on Sunday 26 January at 3pm.

In partnership with Creation Theatre & co-produced by The Cultural Programme. On sale now to OT Members and Patrons; on general sale Fri 6 Sept. Find out more: orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/the-b…

Delighted to announce tickets now available for a script-in-hand performance of The Busy Body, Susanna Centlivre's clever & hilarious comedy on 24 January at Mordan Hall, St Hugh’s College, presented by Creation Theatre Orange Tree Theatre For tickets: oxfordculturalprogramme.org.uk/event/the-busy…

SO excited to be working with Creation Theatre & Orange Tree Theatre on a script-in-hand staging of Susanna Centlivre's stonking comedy The Busy Body as part of The Cultural Programme! Tickets: Oxford (24 Jan) creationtheatre.co.uk/show/thebusybo… Richmond, London (26 Jan): orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/the-b…