Tallis Scholars - Live in Oxford

Experience Thaiand in Oxford

Advantages: Great food, great service, A little piece of thailand
Disadvantages: I havent found any

Having just returned from my around the world trip, I was happy to re-visit this gem of a restaurant in Oxford. Bangkok house is my favourite Thai restaurant and only a few places in Thailand delivered food as good as this. We decided to go to the restaurant for lunch today. The reason we did this was simple - the restaurant has for the past 2 years offered a one plate lunch meal menu for £5. However, having not been here since been back in the UK I decided to go for the set menu of a starter and main for £9.95. So here is my experience. Location ------------ The restaurant is located in the historic university city of Oxford. The restaurant is located slightly out of the hustle and bustle of the city centre, just next to the canal and within a couple of minute walk to the castle site and the Universities. Immediately across the road ...

mtpatton 19.04.2009 · Read full review
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Living In Oblivion review

Advantages: Well acted, keeps you engaged throughout
Disadvantages: None

Living In Oblivion is a low budget independent film written and directed by Tom DiCillo and starring Steve Buscemi and Dermot Mulroney. Sure, these aren't A-list stars, but that lends itself to the story. If it was a film about the making of a film and you had George Clooney and Brad Pitt pretending to be small time actors you wouldn't believe it. That's why it was better to use less well known actors, it pulls you more into the story. The film takes place during one day on set of a low budget movie, and documents all the problems that the director, Nick (Buscemi), and everyone else can encounter, from equipment malfunctioning to office politics to actors forgetting their lines. It's almost like a documentary, it is very realistic and gives you the complete story as to what it's like trying to get a film made. There are a few ...

Walter_Kovacs 30.01.2009 · Read full review
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A New Life In Oxford

Advantages: history, good mix of old/new, good housing,shops,relaxed atmosphere
Disadvantages: roads,transport, expense, tourists & students

Oxford...think of Oxford and it cunjures up all the usual stereotypical images - upper class uni students drinking Pimms or punting on the river; streets full of cyclists and Inspector Morse bimbling about looking for clues. However, one should never read a book by its rather dog-earred cover, as they say. Oxford is quite a charming place, which doesn't uphold all of its cliched values although it is true to say students & bikes do dominate the place in equal numbers. However, the town is much more than the sum of its parts. Like all towns big or small, it has it good & bad points - poverty, homelessness, crime etc, but these little foibles never get noticed cus of all the picture-card motifs & stereotyping listed above. For me, as a person who has spent 30 odd years living in Britain's second city - Birmingham, I am very ...

Sonatine 02.01.2001 (03.01.2001) · Read full review
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