Friday, November 17:

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

Touch for Health: Drop in clinic at The Asian Cultural Centre, Inner Bookshop, 111 Magdalen Road, Oxford, 10am. 01865 246190.

Wallingford Museum: The Story of Wallingford, with taped commentary, and the Wallingford Castle exhibition continues until the end of November when the museum closes until March; the museum also has unusual Christmas stocking fillers historic jewellery, coins, cannons and soldiers, toys and, of course, dinosaurs. 01491 837151.

Tiny tunes: Music club for under fives, Witney Congregational Church, every Friday during term-time, 10am. To book a place, tel 01993 773500.

Dialability Mobile Information Unit: High Street, Thame, 10.30am-3.30pm.

Drop-in session: for first-time parents (with babies under one year), every Friday during term-time at the Dovecote, Blackbird Leys, 10.30am-noon. Organised by Home-Start Oxford, tel 01865 779991.

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

Learn Rollerskating with Thames Valley Roller Skating Club: Old Gaol, Abingdon, 6-7pm. Every Friday. 01235 835626.

Dancing session: Old Time Dancing at United Reformed Church Hall, Collinwood Road, Risinghurst, 7.30pm.

Charity bingo session: Littlemore Village Hall, 7.30pm.

Sequence dancing: Every Friday at 7.30pm, Old Headington Parish Hall, Dunstan Road, Headington, 01869 601131.

Fencing session: Oxford Scorpions Fencing Club, 7.30pm, equipment provided, all abilities welcome. 01993 702755.

Society for Graduates talk: William Damper and Foral Delights of Western Australia, by Serena Marner, University Club, Halifax House, 6 South Parks Road, Oxford, 8pm. Meetings Fridays during term time only.

Ladies self-defence class: Thame Sports and Arts Centre, Oxford Road, Thame, 8pm. 01844 215607. Social evening: Oxford Open Circle 50+ Club for the unattached.

Foxcombe Lodge Hotel, Boars Hill, Oxford, 8.30pm. Every Friday. 01865 750245 or 01235 528685.

Photography on screen: Phoenix Picture House, Walton Street, Oxford, work by Gregory Crewdson and David Shrigley will be shown for 15 minutes before each film is shown until November 26.

Fundraising night: Dance or listen to the music of J.J. Sixties to the present day. British Legion Club, Challow, 8pm. Bar and refreshments. For Ridgeway Machinery Preservation Club. Tickets 2.50. 01235 832246.

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Saturday, November 18:

Bring-and-buy sale: for multiple sclerosis support in conjunction with Children in Need, Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre, Abingdon Road, Oxford, all day.

Red Cross Christmas bazaar: Yarnton Nurseries, 9.30am-3.30pm.

Rambling club walk: Chieveley and Leckhampstead, nine miles. Meet Cripley Road near Oxford Rail Station, 9.30am.

Advice Centre: Dr Evan Harris, MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, The Bear Room, Guildhall, Abingdon, 9am-noon. Tel 01865 245584 for further details.

WI Bazaar: WI Hall, Middle Way, Summertown, 9.30am.

Charity craft fair: Thames Craft Guild at Abbey Hall, Abingdon. 9.30am-4.30pm.

Table top sale: Littlemore Village Hall, 9.30am. To book a stall please telephone 01865 395590.

Christmas fair: Wesley Memorial Church, New Inn Hall Street, Oxford, 10am.

Christmas bazaar: Blue Cross, Burford, 10am-3pm.

Craft fair and table top sale: Woodstock Primary School, 10am. 01993 812505.

Jumble sale: Scout Hall, Back Lane, Eynsham, 10am.

Jumble Sale: The Kaleidoscope Centre, Kidlington, 10am-1pm, in aid of Robin Playgroup, Kidlington.

Christmas market and bring and buy: The Ballroom, Asthall Manor, Asthall, 10am-1pm. In aid of Asthall, Swinbrook and Widford Churches.

Collectors fair and flea market: Exeter Hall, Kidlington 10am-3.30pm. Food and refreshments available. For West Oxford Animal Rescue.

Charity craft fair: Abbey Hall, Abingdon. 9.30am-4.30pm.

Christmas fair: OXSRAD Sport and Leisure Centre, Marsh Lane, Marston, 1pm.

Youth club jumble sale: Freeman Hall, Harwell, 2.00pm.

British Heart Foundation Christmas coffee morning: Chipping Norton Town Hall, 10am-12.30pm.

Bric-a-brac and tombola stall: Templars Square, Cowley, Oxford. 8.45am (all day). In aid of the Churchill Hospital Imperial Cancer Research Fund.

4th River Thames craft show: Beale Park, near Pangbourne, 10am-6pm. Also Sunday.

Christmas fair: Trinity Church, Conduit Road, Abingdon, 10am. Refreshments and light lunches.

Craft fair and flea market: European School, Culham, 10am-2pm.

Craft fair: St Mary's Church, Bloxham, 10.30am.

St Swithun's Church market: at Kennington Village Centre, 10.30am.

Jumble sale: Ferry Community Centre, Summertown, Oxford, 10.30am-noon, in separate room, white elephant, china, books, refreshments.

Craft fair: Wolvercote First School, First Turn, Wolvercote. 11am-4pm. Lunches, children's activities, wide range of quality crafts from across the country. Bookings 01865 556007.

Christmas craft fair: Old Mill Hall, School Lane, Grove, 11am-4.00pm. A quality craft show, also demonstrations and workshops (bookings from 11am). Light lunches and refreshments. Admission 1 (accompanied children free). 01235 762880 or 01235 762723.

Advent fair: Didcot Civic Hall, 11.20am, lunches and creche.

Scouts Christmas bazaar: St Mary and St John Church Hall, Cowley Road, Oxford, opening by TV weatherman Bill Giles at 2pm.

Mrs Nobes' Christmas bazaar: Hanney Village Hall, 2-4pm. In aid of Cancer Research.

Jumble sale: Scout Hut, Merton Way, Yarnton, 2pm.

Grand Christmas bazaar: Clifton Hampden Village Hall. 2pm. Teas. Goods for the stalls will be most welcome. Tel. 0865 407776.

Christmas bazaar: Salvation Army, West St Helen Street, Abingdon, 10am-4pm.

St Laurence Church Christmas bazaar: Appleton Village Hall, 2pm.

WI Christmas bazaar: Quarry Village Hall, Headington, 2pm.

Christmas bazaar: Village Hall, Frilsham Street, Sutton Courtenay, 2pm. For All Saints Church.

Youth club jumble sale: Freeman Hall, Harwell, 2pm.

Bingo session: Loyd Lindsay Rooms, Ardington, 7pm. In aid of M.S. Therapy Centre. Refreshments by the WI.

Village dance: music by the Sean Hennessey Show Band. Kennington Village Centre, 8.30pm. Tickets 3, on sale at the door. Organised by Kennington Social and Sports Club.

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Sunday, November 19:

Fernham Running Group: meets every Sunday on The Green, Fernham, 9am. Various distances, beginners welcome.

Fernham Running Group: meets every Sunday on The Green, Fernham, 9am. Various distances, beginners welcome.

Collectors' toys and trains fair: Didcot Civic Hall, 10am. Refreshments. 01189 326367.

Christmas craft fair: Hagbourne School and Village Hall, East Hagbourne, near Didcot, 11.30am-4.30pm, over 70 stalls. Entry: 75p (children free). Homemade refreshments all day. 01235 850668.

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Monday, November 20:

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

Finstock Parent and Toddler Group: meets all year round every Monday except Christmas and New Year, Finstock Village Hall, 10am-11.30am. Parents and carers of babies to three-year-olds welcome. First session free. Inquiries, tel 01993 868937.

Jigsaw library: 36 Stonebridge Road, Steventon, 11.30am-4pm and 6.30-8pm. New members always welcome. Usually weekly. Tel to check dates. For more information tel 01235 834778.

Oxfordshire Dyslexia Association and Dyslexia Research Trust: Oxford University Computing Lab, Parks Road, Oxford, 7.30pm. Prof Uta Frith 'The Interplay of Environmental, Cognitive and Biological Factors in Dyslexia'.

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

Ballroom and Latin dance classes: Crowmarsh Village Hall, every Monday at 7.30-10pm.

Oxford Welsh Male Voice Choir meeting: new members welcome, Small Hall, Cowley Community Centre, Barns Road, 7.30pm. 01865 761038.

Kidlington Folk Dance Club: every Monday during school terms. Beginners and experienced dancers welcome. 7.30pm. Term Time. 6th Form Block, Gosford Hill School, Kidlington. 01865 372085.

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

Didcot Detachment, Army Cadet Force: meets every Monday from 7.30-9.30pm, at Newlands Avenue, Didcot, for further information please tel 01865 407802.

Illustrated talk: Arctic Riviera Wildlife in East Greenland, by Mike Read. Civic Hall, Didcot, 7.45pm. Visitors welcome, admission adults 1, children 50p.

Scottish Country Dancing: Henry Box School, Witney, 7.45pm. 01993 702339.

Scottish Country Dancing: Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, Abingdon, 8pm. 01235 530169.

Abingdon 18 Plus Group: meets Mondays at the Flowing Well, Sunningwell, 8.30pm. 01865 765356.

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Tuesday, November 21:

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

Dialability Mobile Information Unit: Local Services Shop, Summertown, 10.30am-1pm. 01865 7910444.

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. For anyone looking after the terminally ill. 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.

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

Cowley Local History Society: annual general meeting and talk: The Oxford Canal, by Hugh Compton. John Bunyan Hall, Beauchamp Lane, Cowley, 7pm.

Annual general meeting: North Hinksey Horticultural Society at W I Hall, North Hinksey Lane, Oxford, 7.30pm.

Sequence dancing: beginners tuition 7pm, general session 7.30pm. Witney Sequence Club, Langdale Hall, Witney. Tel to check venue, 01865 722250.

Fencing session: Burford Blades Fencing Club, 7pm, equipment provided, all abilities welcome. 01993 702755.

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

Wantage Camera Club: members show slides from a day out in 2000, visitors welcome, Methodist Church Hall, Newbury Street, Wantage, 7.30pm. 01235 762439.

Free public lecture: Lucifer's Legacy Why is there anything in the universe at all? by Professor Frank Close. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, 7.30pm. Admission by ticket from tel 01235 445789.

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

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

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Wednesday, November 22:

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: Market Place, Wantage, 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.

Cherwell U3A Oxford meeting: St Columba's Church Hall, Alfred Street, off High Street, Oxford, 2pm. Weekly meetings, tel 01865 242885 for details.

Over 50s Club: talk by A.Thornton on National Parks. Cheney Hall, Cheney Lane, Headington, 2.30pm.

Book signing: Rick Stein at the Oxford Union, St Michael's Street, 7pm. Tickets from Blackwell's Too. 01865 333694.

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

Weekly whist drive: King Alfred Drive Community Centre, Didcot, 7.30pm. Every Wednesday. 01235 816745.

Ridgeway Speakers Club: Visitors welcome, The Guildhall, Abingdon, 7.30pm. 01235 850366.

David Patterson Lecture Series: Professor Emily Budick (Hebrew University of Jerusalem). Negative Pedagogy and the Question of the Human in Aharon Applefeld's Holocaust Fiction. Yarnton Manor, 8.15pm. Coffee from 8pm. Mini-bus from Oxford Playhouse, 7.45pm.

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Thursday, November 23:

Coffee and tea shop: with home-made cakes, WI Hall, Brize Norton Road, Carterton, 9.30am-12.30pm. Every Thursday.

Dialability Mobile Information Unit: Sheep Street, Bicester, 10.30am-3.30pm.

Over 50s Club: talk by D. Grundy Indian Cruise. Cheney Community Hall, Gipsy Lane, Headington, 2.30pm. Weekly meetings.

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

Kirtlington Historical Society : Gillian Salway speaks about John Ruskin. Kirtlington Village Hall, 7.30pm. Followed by refreshments. For information ring 01869 323732.