Saturday November 15 Kennington Village Centre
Cabaret style Gala Night for 100 people in Kennington Village Centre.
A full Kennington Village Centre hummed with controversial discussion as everyone debated the kind of society they would like to create on Sylvia Vetta’s mythical island of Oxtopia. What aspects of life in Oxford and Oxfordshire would they like to recreate and what do they want to leave behind?
The Oxtopian Gala Night was a fundraiser for the Friends of Kennington Library (FOKL). ( Oxfordshire County Council in non- Oxtopian style declared Kennington library a community library so FOKL have to fund 4.5 hours of staffing per week in order to have a professional in charge and provide 7.5 hours volunteer hours to assist the library manager)
FOKL’s president is Korky Paul the illustrator of the Winnie the Witch books. Korky kicked off the debate with Helen Peacocke, the food writer of The Oxford Times, Euton Daley who was for 23 years the director of Pegasus Theatre, Ray Foulk, the award winning green architect and founder of the Isle of Wight Festival (Ray brought Bob Dylan to England).The fourth speaker was Nancy Hunt of the Nasio Trust. Nancy had hot footed it from the NAT West Venus awards where she had been presented with the award for most inspirational woman in Oxfordshire .
Among the other Oxford Castaways present whom Sylvia has had the privilege of interviewing was documentary film maker Dai Richard, local film maker and web designer Philip Hind and children’s writer and art director of the film Snowman and the Snowdog, Joanna Harrison. Joanna also designed the cover of Oxford Castaways 2 which was produced by Oxfordfolio in part to promote Vale House the first home to specialise in the care of people with dementia. Gillian Cox was the founding chairwoman of Vale House and she headed up a table. To see images click on the link…
http://www.oxfordprospect.com/events/kennington-cerebrates-oxtopia