Try to visit the Oxford Brookes Graduate Art Show before it ends on Saturday. If there are children and young people in your family interested in the visual arts, they will enjoy this show. Get them exercised on Daisy Teague’s interactive sculpture, chosen for the Cultural Olympiad. If they jump from trampoline to trampoline, a message appears in lights: “You are the most magnificent being in all eternity.” With your ego boosted, take a look at the other 30 exhibits. There are a few examples of democratic kitsch but also many serious installations. James McClure spent six months working in an emergency operating theatre to research for his impressive event in the drama studio using a range of techniques to evoke a response.

As well as skills in video presentation and photography, I was gratified to see paintings and drawings flourishing. Laura Degenhardt was inspired by the swifts in the Natural History Museum and her touches of gold leaf gave a sense of shimmering beauty. Another impressive painter, when it came to the use of colour, is Karrine Powell. The floor of her room installation was inspired but I’ll let you discover it for yourself. Tired? Take a break in Jacinta Ingham’s sitting room with her perceptive fox which makes a serious point about the meeting of the natural and built environments.