Reviews by The Poet Laura-eate
Freud
The Poet Laura-eate
Had a gathering on Saturday afternoon at Freud's to celebrate my birthday. It was freezing. Apparently the heating wasn't working, though they seemed to be doing something about this just as ...
11 years ago
Freud
Prince of Wales (Iffley)
The Poet Laura-eate
Had a really lovely Sunday lunch here with my relations at the weekend. Food was fresh, delicious and well-priced. Unusually the vegetarian roast was as tasty and generous in portion-size as the meat ...
11 years ago
Prince of Wales (Iffley)
Days Of Our Lives
The Poet Laura-eate
An highly innovative evening of play-lets, penned by local writers and acted by a mixture of them and professional actors in intimate settings. A real flavour of Oxford writing talent and a great ...
12 years ago
Days Of Our Lives
The King's Arms, Sandford-On-Thames
The Poet Laura-eate
Two feet of snow and still fabulous food - fresh and tasty and the treacle toffee pudding with custard was to die for! Good range of vegetarian options as well as those for the carnivore. Staff ...
14 years ago
The King's Arms, Sandford-On-Thames
Written In Oxford
The Poet Laura-eate
Last Wednesday I was privileged to enjoy seven short plays by members of the Oxford Playhouse Writer's Group, enacted by real actors in the surprisingly intimate space of the Friend's Meeting House ...
14 years ago
Written In Oxford
Wife After Death
The Poet Laura-eate
A fabulous farce - not far off standing ovation quality with writer Eric Chappell subtly getting a few choice points in about the awfulness of today's wall-to-wall reality TV amidst the belly laughs ...
15 years ago
Wife After Death
Oxfringe 2010
The Poet Laura-eate
Mac McFadden is a quick-talking Mersey dynamo with an endearingly self-deprecating streak where you might expect comedy viciousness. One of the better-dressed acts of Oxfringe in a jacket and a hat, ...
15 years ago
Oxfringe 2010
Oxfringe 2010
The Poet Laura-eate
Wishing to see an OxFringe show which neither myself nor any of my friends were in, I took a punt on the penultimate show upstairs at the Copa bar on Saturday.Teakshow turned out be to a cornucopia ...
15 years ago
Oxfringe 2010
Browns Brasserie (Woodstock Rd)
The Poet Laura-eate
Food was reasonable except for the pear dessert which was full of stalks. THIRTY minutes between each course though!!!! I was starving by the time I got my lukewarm food. Staff nice enough but far ...
15 years ago
Browns Brasserie (Woodstock Rd)
Prince of Wales (Iffley)
The Poet Laura-eate
Drinks terribly overpriced, but food was nice last time I dined here.
15 years ago
Prince of Wales (Iffley)
Manos
The Poet Laura-eate
Fabulous food - surely the freshest in Oxford! And at least as healthy as The Nosebag. At very reasonable prices too. I discovered it by chance the other day when I had an hour to kill before a film ...
16 years ago
Manos
Castleyard Café
The Poet Laura-eate
This funky modernist café next to Oxford Prison museum encouraged great expectations. However, despite not being overly-busy they had run out of jacket potatoes (one of their ...
17 years ago
Castleyard Café
Aqueous Poetry Competition
The Poet Laura-eate
Sorry to Dredge This Up (charge of the water tight)We need to be shorter of water if you won't do what you oughttaYou expect us to save you, then what do you do?Try to drown us in our own homes, ...
17 years ago
Aqueous Poetry Competition
The Gardeners Arms, Plantation Rd
The Poet Laura-eate
I wish they'd do an Asparagus or similar Veggie Linguine! A few too many curries on the menu.
17 years ago
The Gardeners Arms, Plantation Rd
The Gardeners Arms, Plantation Rd
The Poet Laura-eate
Unfortunately the Gardener's Arms stopped doing my favourite dish of theirs - the cherry tomato tarte with the duchesse potato base and vegetables, and I'm really not into faux Thai food and spicy ...
18 years ago
The Gardeners Arms, Plantation Rd
Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival 2007
The Poet Laura-eate
Tony Benn - DiariesSaturday 24th MarchWhat can I say? This guy rocks!82 and as sharp as a whip, with a voice that could slice cake and the third generation of a family of teetotallers, Tony B regaled ...
18 years ago
Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival 2007
Oxfringe Open House
The Poet Laura-eate
Yes, I thought it was somewhat chaotic and badly organised - to the extent that I left well before the end! In addition, it doesn't help that the cafe is so slow at serving people (all branches of ...
18 years ago
Oxfringe Open House
Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival 2007
The Poet Laura-eate
WILLIAM HORWOOD and HELEN RAPPAPORT: Dark Hearts of Chicago Thursday 22nd MarchA fascinating and searingly honest presentation by two writers - one a reputed historian - Rappaport, one a notable ...
18 years ago
Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival 2007
Work For Four Hands
The Poet Laura-eate
I read Work for Four Hands and also found it a compelling read. Love is given a sinister twist with Alison's dead and living relations mysteriously bent on encouraging what appears to be an unhealthy ...
18 years ago
Work For Four Hands
Autumn Poetry Competition
The Poet Laura-eate
Oxford by Storm
The wind rustles
Ivy on the College walls
Tepid rain washes
Each leaf as it falls
The air is electric
With expectation
The sky grows dark and light again
With ...
18 years ago
Autumn Poetry Competition
Walk The Line [12A]
The Poet Laura-eate
Great film, superb acting, compelling from beginning to end. Honest and unflinching. This may well be my film of the year for 2006, and I speak as someone who knew very little about the man before ...
19 years ago
Walk The Line [12A]
