Friday, November 24:

Restore, plants, crafts and card shop: Manzil Way, off Cowley Road, Oxford, open weekdays from 9am-4pm.

Bridge session: Experienced Acol players only please, Ferry Centre, Summertown, 2pm.

Christmas bazaar and craft fair: Eynsham Primary School, Beech Road, Eynsham, 6pm.

An evening with Boris Johnson: a chance to meet the prospective Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for the Henley Constituency. Merry Bells, Wheatley, Oxford, 7.30pm. Tickets 12.50, to include food and wine. 01865 874300.

Charity bingo session: Littlemore Village Hall, 7.30pm.

Book signing: Nicholas de Jongh at Blackwell's, Broad Street, Oxford, 7.30pm.

Society for Graduates talk: The Call of the Wild a Visit to Tomsk, by Anita Segar and Cynthia Styles. Halifax House, South Parks Road, Oxford, 8pm. ________________________

Saturday, November 25:

Autumn sale in aid of NCH Action for Children: Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, New Inn Hall Street, Oxford City Centre, 10.30am-2.30pm. Coffee and biscuits, lunches from 11.30.

Christmas bazaar: Wallingford Town Hall, 9.30am-1pm. 01491 837930.

Christmas bazaar: Our Lady's Convent at Abbey Hall, Abingdon, 10am-2pm. With auction.

Book signings: authors of Changing Faces of Blackbird Leys and Changing Faces of Littlemore Book 2, WH smith, Cowley Centre, Oxford, 10am-4pm.

Traidcraft coffee morning: Long Hanborough Methodist Church, 10am.

Christmas fair: Church End, Standlake, 10am-4pm. Gifts and crafts at affordable prices.

Christmas bazaar: Bletchington Village Hall, 10.30am.

Nearly new sale: toys, clothes, baby equipments, Long Wittenham Village Hall, 11am-3pm. Christmas bazaar and table top sale: Milton Methodist Church Hall, Milton, near Abingdon, noon.

Jumble sale: West Oxford Animal Rescue at Quarry Hall, Headington, 1pm. 01865 726556.

Christmas bazaar: Radley Village Hall, 1pm. Organised by James the Great Church, Radley.

Christmas bazaar: United Reformed Church, Collinwood Road, Headington, Oxford, 2-4pm.

Christmas fair: Steventon Village Hall, 2pm. For Steventon Rainbows and Brownies.

Christmas fair: Oxenford House, The Glebe, Cumnor, 2pm.

Christmas bazaar: Sea Scouts HQ, Meadow Lane, Donnington Bridge, Oxford, 2pm.

Sandhills Christmas market: Sandhills School, Headington, 2-4pm. Refreshments.

Christmas fair: Stanton Harcourt Village Hall, 2pm.

Christmas bazaar: John Masefield Home, Burcot, 2pm.

Autumn fair: Garsington School, 2pm.

Christmas fair: Buckland Memorial Hall, 2-4pm.

Christmas bazaar: Piddington Village Hall, 2pm.

Christmas bazaar: St Francis CE First School, Horspath Road, Oxford, 2.30pm.

Christmas bingo: Bartholomew School, Eynsham, 7.30pm. Disco night: System X at the Wantage Civic Hall. On behalf of Wantage Concords Football Club. Tickets 6, including buffet supper, 01235 768233.

Line Dance Disco with Scoot'n Boogie: Langdale Hall, Witney, 7.30-11.30pm. Bar. 5. Sue 01993 882253.

Choral concert: Oxford University Press Choir with the Choir of OUP New York perform Haydn's Nelson Mass at University Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street, Oxford, 7.30pm. The New York choir will also sing at the eucharist service at St Mary's Church, Kidlington, on Sunday at 10am.

Bingo session: Seacourt Hall, Botley, 7.30pm.

Cajun and Zydeco dance with classes: featuring the Boat Band, Lake Street Community Centre, south Oxford, class at 8pm, dance starts at 9pm. 01865 510066.

Classical concert: Choral and Orchestral Society of Oxford Brookes University play Beethoven's Overture to Fidelio and Mozart's Mass in C Minor at All Saints Church, Lime Walk, Headington, 8pm.

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Sunday, November 26:

Rambling Club walk: Buckland, Hatford and Faringdon, 10miles. Meet Cripley Road near Oxford Rail Station, 9.30am.

Signal operating day: Didcot Railway Centre, 10am-4pm. 01235 817200.

Wantage CTC annual general meeting: Wootton and Dry Sandford Village Hall, 11am. Coffee provided, bring a packed lunch. 01865 204706. Antiques fair: Haddenham Village Hall, antiques and collectables. 10am-4pm. 01865 331103.

Save our Orchids: Milham Ford School Grounds, Harberton Mead, off Marston Road, Oxford, 11am. Bring wellies, packed lunch, lightweight plastic sledge (if you've got one), work involves digging and re-planting. 01865 243468.

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Monday, November 27:

50 plus badminton: East Oxford Games Hall, Collins Street, Oxford, 10am-noon, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. 01865 242486.

French parent and Pre-shool Group: new group to support french-speaking parents and children, at Cutteslowe Community Centre, Wren Road, Oxford, 1-3pm on Mondays during term-time.

Disabled and carers evening: entertainment, refreshments and raffle, ASDA Store at London Road, Wheatley, 6-8pm. 01865 873888.

OXSRAD Singers meet: new singers always welcome, OXSRAD Sport and Leisure Centre, Marsh Lane, Marston, 7.30pm (01865 741336).

Bingo session: Wootton and Dry Sandford Community Centre, 7.30pm. For Sunningwell Cricket Club.

Witney Camera Club meeting: Red Means Stop, a talk by Roger Reynolds, Gallery Room, Corn Exchange, Witney, 7.30pm. 01993 702433. Oxford Civic Society: illustrated talk Architecture in Oxford since the Second World War, by Geoffrey Tyack, Rewley House, Wellington Square, Oxford, 8pm.

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Tuesday, November 28:

Dialability Mobile Information Unit: Market Square, Faringdon, 10.30am-3.30pm.

Carers coffee morning: Carers Centre, 174a Cowley Road, Oxford, 01865 205192. Every Tuesday.

Water aerobics: Blackbird Leys Pool, noon-1pm, every Tuesday. 01865 779843.

Whist Drive: Church of St Michael at the North Gate, Cornmarket Street, Oxford, 1.45pm.

Support group: every Tuesday afternoon 2.30-4.30pm, Wesley Memorial Church, New Inn Hall Street, Oxford. If you are interested in finding out more about our training and support groups, for our work with living with dying. Tel 01865- 316200 for further information.

Drop-in Centre: regular drop-in centre for people with life-threatening illness, carers and friends; potential volunteers welcome. St Barnabas Community Centre, 33a Canal Street, Jericho, 2-4pm. 01865 316200. Graduate Students' Colloquia: Christopher Wintle (London). Hans Keller: the British Adorno. Denis Arnold Hall, Music Faculty, St Aldate's, Oxford, 5.15pm.

Free healing: Oxford Spiritual Healing Centre, 43 St Giles, Oxford, 6.30pm. 01865 716371.

Abingdon Amblers Athletic Club: new members of all standards welcome, Tilsley Park, Abingdon, 6.30pm. Seniors tel 01235 550688. Juniors tel 01235 535780.

Ladies' running sessions: Four to five miles every Tuesday, meet at Wantage Leisure Centre, 6.45pm. 01235 223304.

Bingo session: Oxsrad Sports Centre, Marsh Lane, Marston, 7.30pm.

Wantage Camera Club: Committee members entertain the meeting with an evening of their presentations. Visitors welcome. Methodist Church Hall, Newbury Street, Wantage, 7.30pm.

Wantage Male Voice Choir meeting: War Memorial Hall, East Hanney, 7.30pm. New members always welcome. No audition required. 01235 768249.

Oxford Speakers Club: The Boardroom, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford, 7.30pm. For further details tel 01865 224299.

Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire: Earth Sciences Department, Parks Road, Oxford, 8pm, 1 non-members. Details 762951. Wallingford Rotaract Social Club meeting: open to everyone aged 18-30, Hithercroft Sports Club, Hithercroft Road, Wallingford, 8pm.

Oxford 18 Plus Group: meets every Tuesday from 8.45pm. Tel 01235 810361 for further details.

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Wednesday, November 29:

The Pathway Workshop: handmade garden furniture and other items. Made by disabled people at Dunnock Way, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, open daily 9am-4pm.

Dialability Mobile Information Unit: Bridge Street, Banbury, 10.30am-3.30pm.

Refreshments on sale: Church Centre, St Michael at the Northgate Church, Cornmarket Street, Oxford, 12-2pm.

Dyslexia Drop-In Centre: Baptist Church, Bonn Square, Oxford, noon-2pm. Every Wednesday.

Over 50s Club: talk by B. Foster, the Story of the Mary Rose. Cheney Community Hall, Gipsy Lane, Headington, 2.30pm. Weekly meetings.

Cherwell U3A Oxford meeting: Mrs Barbara Gray talks about those you have loved, or haven't, as the case may be, at Columba's Church Hall, Alfred Street, off High Street, Oxford, 2pm. Weekly meetings, tel 01865 242885 for details. Book signing and discussion: Sheila Kitzinger with Rediscovering Birth. Borders, Magdalen Street, Oxford, 7.30pm.

Cajun and Zydeco dance classes: Lake Street Community Centre, south Oxford, 7.30pm. 01865 510066.

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Thursday, November 30:

Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture: Freeing the waters poetry in a parched culture, 5pm, Regent's Park College, Oxford.

Comic opera: concert version in costume by Kennington & District United Choirs of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Sorcerer, Rose Hill Methodist Church, Oxford, 7.30pm. Admission free, silver charity collection. Adult Dyslexia Support Group meetings: held on the second Thursday each month. Ferry Centre, Summertown, 7.30pm. 01865 767245.

National Trust talk: River, locks and mills, by John Powell, Fuller Building, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, 8pm. 01865 512475.

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Friday, December 1:

Christmas bazaar: Cumnor CE Primary School, Oxford Road, Cumnor, 6pm.

Open auditions: for City of Oxford Theatre Guild's production of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Drama Room, The Old House, Wheatley Park School. 7.30pm. For further information telephone 01993 702023.