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"The airport is in a strong financial and operational position with more airlines than ever before serving our passengers.

But the scene across Oxfordshire is not always as rosy, with funding and access to affordable arts spaces sometimes proving a sticking point.The Covid pandemic was a tough time for arts venues.

They had to deal with closures, adapting to virtual performances and keeping on top of costs.For places like Unicorn Theatre in Abingdon and the Kenton Theatre in Henley-on-Thames, this was made far harder by the high running costs of their old buildings."We had to pretty much shut down for over a year, and you've got to pay all the costs of running the building," said Greg Bensberg, chair of Abingdon Abbey Buildings Trust, which houses the Unicorn.

"We staggered on through there but Covid was really bad."Lottie Pheasant, theatre manager at the Kenton, said the pandemic had nearly brought the venue to its knees.

"Two years ago, we were close to having to close," she said. "That year, we filed a nearly £190,000 loss."

The Kenton was saved by a £100,000 loan from Henley Town Council."There's a lesbian couple, an older lesbian couple... I thought that was really cool because it's just, 'here's all these different couples and all these different families'.

"A lot of the time [when] you have queer characters, [it's] focusing on the struggle and how hard it is to be queer, but I liked that this was just another couple to exist."And it's not just Doctor Who but the entire Who-niverse which has made an impression on the LGBT community.

Spin-off show Torchwood left a lasting legacy when it concluded in 2011, with a shrine at Cardiff Bay commemorating the late character Ianto Jones who was in a relationship with John Barrowman's pansexual character Captain Jack Harkness."I think at that time, still, queer representation in sci-fi in particular was there but maybe a little bit shallow sometimes," said Steffan Alun.