In these lock-down days, doing puzzles is one way of keeping the grey cells active. For ten years, I had the privilege of sending amazing people from Town, Gown and County to my mythical island of Oxtopia. Among them were
Thanks to Petya Tsankova for the fabulous book cover! I’ve had Whats App calls with my fellow author of Not So Black and White . Nancy is working hard to find shelter and food for families made homeless because of
What a taste of nostalgia - a nostalgic ride! Tony Morris is part of the Oxford Indie Book Fair and he wrote to me about his web site morrisoxford.co.uk. I replied that I ridden in a fabulous Morris Oxford with
Like Grayson Perry’s, Qu Leilei’s art is enthused with a love of humanity. Last night Grayson’s Art Club focused on portraits. It was an exhibition of portraits by Qu Leilei titled’ Everyone’s Life is an Epic’ that kick-started a ten
We can’t travel physically to the four corners of the earth at this time but we can in our imagination through BOOKS. One kind of travel is possible only in books (at the moment) TIME travel. If you want to
LOVE IN THE TIME OF COVID ! The main characters in ‘Sculpting the Elephant’ get separated by events out of their control. Sound familiar? Is Harry and Ramma’s story one for our time? It may only be armchair travel connecting
Peter Hennessee says we will enter an AC world –ie AFTER CORONA VIRUS .What will that AC world look like? Can we sustain the arts that connect us? Will freelance artists, actors, musicians , journalists and performance poets survive ?
Given that we will be spending more time at home why not transport yourself with a GOOD READ ? Walk in Harry and Ramma’s shoes in Oxford and India without getting on a plane! You can order Sculpting the Elephant
I've just sent this 600 word feature to James Harrison for the www.oxfordindiebookfair.co.uk booklet. As well as exhibitor lists, plans of the building and the events program the free oxib booklet will have a super variety of book
Yesterday Ray Foulk, James Harrison, Andy Severn and I celebrated the launch of the first Oxford Indie Book Fair which will take place April 4 10.30am -5pm @ Wesley Memorial Halls New Inn Hall Street Oxford. (next to St Peter’s