Le Pain Quotidien have left their London apron strings behind and ventured into deepest darkest Oxford. Their sparkling Bicester Village store is a perfect place to dump the bags and take a breath. Or, if you can’t bear to tear yourself away from the retail therapy, there’s…

It’s just an hour and a half away by car from Shepherd’s Bush, an hour’s train journey with Chiltern Railways from London’s Marylebone Station, and only 20 minutes from Oxford. Bicester Village is the place to go for high-end and high street bargains, at a fraction of their…