Mick Smith, the defence correspondent of the Sunday Times and author of many books on the intelligence services was my Castaway in the August 2010 edition of Limited Edition Magazine. Limited Edition comes free with the Oxford Times on the
The Radcliffe Observatory Quarter is one of the most significant development projects the University of Oxford has undertaken for more than a century. It is a 10-acre site in central Oxford, bound by the Woodstock Road, Somerville College, Walton Street, Observatory
Michael Wright: the last officer in the British Indian Army The village of Kennington, where I live, is the only village in the country to have chosen to fundraise for an overseas project every year, since 1969. In the process,
Colin Dexter: October 2009 Castaway When reviewing ‘My Ashmolean /My Museum‘, for the Oxford Times, I was struck by Theo Chalmers’ stern portrait of Colin Dexter. I mentioned it to Colin and he assured me that he did, indeed, know
May Castaway 2009 : Shami Chakrabarti Last year Oxford Brookes University appointed a new Vice Chancellor. Oxford Brookes is a young university so it is rather fitting that they chose the thirty nine year old Shami Chakrabarti. Shami is better
This show was breaking records before it opened with 140,000 pre-booked tickets. It remains at the British Museum until April 2008 so you can still join them. China is probably named after, Qin Shi Huangdi, who created it out of
A review by Sylvia Vetta of Chinese prints 1950-2006 at the Ashmolean This review was translated into Mandarin and published in Sanping Wu's book titled Poems and Paintings This exhibition may be small in size but not in ambition. The
To understand the design revolution that this exhibition portrays, it helps to picture a popular cartoon that appeared soon after the Cultural Revolution in China. (1965-1976) When, after the death of Mao, it was possible to poke fun at the
On the Wild Shotover Ramble on Boxing Day, I found myself musing in front of the oldest oak on the walk, thinking that it was probably just 25 when King Charles held his parliament in Oxford, during the Civil War.
The first Kennington Free Literary Festival was held on Saturday the 24th of April 2010 at the Kennington Village Centre. The day included; author talks, book sellers, stands and activities for all ages! Helen Rappaport had her first Oxfordshire audience for Beautiful Forever and