Matt Adcock’s film review: crime thriller Gone Girl
Prepare for a scorching crime thriller that cuts through lies and pretence to the unsavoury secrets at the heart of a very modern marriage, writes Matt Adcock. Directed by David Fincher, Gone Girl has...
View ArticleOxford history professor gives free lecture
An Oxford history professor is giving a free public lecture at Stowe School on Friday, October 17.Prof Sir Hew Strachan, Chichele Professor of the History of War and fellow of All Souls College, will...
View ArticleStreet lights will shine for longer in £3.2m initiative
Hundreds more LED street lights are being installed across Bucks as part of £3.2m drive to cut costs and save the environment.Bucks County Council will convert 2,585 street lights in 110 locations by...
View ArticleHouseholders urged not to waste their garden waste
Householders across Bucks are being encouraged to recycle their garden waste by turning it into compost – bringing huge benefits to themselves and the environment. Cllr Lesley Clarke, chair of the...
View Article‘It should be more like £230m’: Anger over £30m HS2 community fund
A £30m fund for community projects along the HS2 line has been announced by the government – but critics say it is a drop in the ocean compared to the misery the scheme will cause.Transport Minister...
View ArticleEducation Eye: Confused over senior school? My top 10 tips...
At this time of year many parents are braving the minefield of researching senior school choices as their child approaches age 11 or 13.Trawling websites, glossy literature and visiting open days – the...
View ArticleSpecial offer from artist as exhibition comes to a close
After a successful six weeks exhibiting her work in Buckingham’s Dragon Gallery, North Marston artist Carol Bagni has a special offer on the last day of her exhibition.During Mrs Bagni has been...
View ArticleBusiness Eye: Kick out the egotists, love the specialists
As a man in my early 50s, I am already on Saturday morning of life’s week and I may not even get time to go to a Sunday service before I meet my maker.What I have learned during this time is that so...
View ArticleBe inspired by ‘art to wear’ artist
One of the UK’s premier ‘art to wear’ artists visits Stowe at 8pm on Saturday, October 18, to give a talk about how she transfers her designs to silk to produce the most extraordinary garments.Carole...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Maleficent, 3 Days To Kill, Oculus, Seve
The latest reworking of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale may not leave you spellbound, but there’s plenty to enchant and entertain. One of Disney’s more memorable villains gets to tell her side of the...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The Maze Runner
Meet 16-year-old Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) in The Maze Runner. He’s your average cute teen, but one day in the near future – for unexplained reasons – he wakes up in a strange elevator with absolutely no...
View ArticleMan to appear in court on drink-driving charge
A 24-year-old man has been charged with drink driving.Kieran O’Sullivan, from Thompson Drive, Caversfield, was arrested at 3.18am on Saturday, in Mallards Way and charged with driving a car while over...
View ArticleCommittee calls for new approach to Bucks public transport
A new and flexible approach to the county’s public transport is the call from a council committee after a study into transport services.The council’s cross-party environment, transport and localities...
View ArticleCelebrate children’s centres in Bucks
Parents, carers and grandparents are being encouraged to drop into their local children’s centre in Bucks between October 27 and November 7 to find out more about the services on offer.The invite has...
View ArticleAudi and BMW stolen from driveway of bungalow
An Audi and a BMW have been stolen from the driveway of a village home.Thieves broke into the home in High Street North, Stewkley between 7.30pm and 8.30pm on Tuesday evening.Items including jewellery...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Godzilla, The Anomaly, The Art Of The Steal
A sense of menace in one monster movie franchise has been missing since it began 60 years ago. But GODZILLA (12: Warner) has been restored to its rightful place in dangerous creature features with a...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
A darkness has spread across New York City. The people are scared, and with good cause. An evil supervillian named Shredder (Tohoru Masamune) is waging a campaign of fear and intimidation using his...
View ArticleA taste of the Vale comes to the Commons
MPs from Bucks welcomed some of the best food and drink from across the county at the Chilterns and Aylesbury Vale food day, held in the House of Commons.Aylesbury MP David Lidington, Buckingham MP and...
View ArticleResults announced in Vale pub of the year awards
The results of this year’s Aylesbury Vale village pub of the year have been announced.The big award for Village pub of the year went to The Rising Sun in Ickford, which also finished runner-up in the...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Chef, The Fault In Our Stars, The Christmas Candle, Blood Ties
If you’re thinking of watching CHEF (15: Lionsgate) after this review, don’t do so on an empty stomach. It’s a feel-good foodie film that will have you salivating within minutes.Director Jon Favreau...
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