12 events found.
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Exhibition: South Indian Years – The Art & Poetry of Oswald Couldrey
Abingdon County Hall MuseumOswald Jennings Couldrey is Abingdon’s best-known twentieth-century artist. He was born into a local family of seed merchants and agricultural suppliers which for several generations had included musicians, scholars and teachers, especially at Abingdon School, then Roysse’s School. Oswald went up to Pembroke College, Oxford as an Abingdon Scholar, then gained a teaching qualification and […]
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Exhibition: ‘Text & Texture’ – the artworks of Pat Russell and Janet Boulton
Abingdon County Hall MuseumPat Russell and Janet Boulton were both acclaimed artists who lived in Abingdon for many years. In 1986, they both attended a paper making workshop at Oxford Polytechnic (later Oxford Brookes University). Inspired by the possibilities of this medium, they decided to set up their own paper making studio and start creating art using paper […]
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Abingdon Artists Exhibition
St Helen's ChurchAbingdon Artists spring exhibition of recent work. Work for sale, including browser items and cards. Demonstrations by our members - check website for details. Free entry.
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Abingdon Astronomical Society
Abingdon Astronomical Society have a meeting on Monday 9th March when Prof. Patrick Roche (University of Oxford) will give a talk titled 'Supernovae Observations Seen With JWST' We meet at the Methodist Church Hall, Dorchester Crescent, Abingdon, OX14 2AH. Start time 8.00pm. All welcome. Details at www. abingdonastro.org.uk
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Dorothy Hodgkin Memorial Lecture 2026
Somerville College, Oxford, OX2 6HD , United Kingdom"An Exemplary Life: The Scientific and Humanitarian Legacy of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin" speaker: Georgina Ferry (science writer, broadcaster & biographer) venue: Somerville College, Oxford, OX2 6HD REGISTER - https://sites.google.com/view/oxfordawise/ organisers: Oxford AWiSE & Somerville College. FREE. Public Lecture. All Welcome. Commemorating Nobel-prizewinning scientist, Dorothy Hodgkin, and her determination of Penicillin’s structure.
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COFFEE MORNING (Weekly in Drayton)
Drayton Village Hall Lockway, Drayton, United KingdomCommunity coffee morning - to raise funds for village hall and other good causes. Tea, coffee, cake (or 3?!) maybe even a bacon sarnie?! Running weekly now on Weds mornings.
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‘good Cause’ Coffee Morning (Drayton)
Drayton Village Hall Lockway, Drayton, United KingdomCoffee and cake, or tea and a bacon sarnie if you prefer, and all for a good cause! Good parking, free wi-fi. Every Weds morning (but check local F'book for any exceptions) - in Drayton Village Hall, Lockway, OX14 4LF
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Gentle Angry Women film and Q&A with director
Abbey Cinema Abbey Close, Abingdon, United KingdomAbbey Cinema in Abingdon are showing a new film about Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp, "Gentle Angry Women", followed by a Q&A with the director, Barbara Santi of Folklife Films. It follows 3 teenage women as they learn about Greenham Common Peace Camp for the first time, and realise the parallels with their own activism […]
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Active Buggies at Southern Town Park, Abingdon
Southern Town Park Lambrick Way, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United KingdomAn outdoor fitness session designed for post-natal participants Exercises will consist of fast walking, jogging and a bit of running with or without the buggy, but feel free to do what makes you feel comfortable. I give everyone the option as most people won't be at the running stages just yet! We do a mixture […]
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Honey & the Bear with support TBC
Unicorn Theatre Checker Walk Abingdon, OX1 4JF Unicorn Theatre Checker Walk Abingdon, OX1 4JF, ABINGDON, United KingdomWe're pleased to welcome back to The Unicorn Theatre Honey & the Bear who have been a tour de force on the UK Folk Festival circuit in recent years. The British folk and roots duo combine delicately interweaving vocal harmonies with emotive and evocative songwriting. With a diverse range of sounds and textures,and rhythms that […]
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