While he was in Oxford, I was privileged to host the acclaimed Indian poet Sudeep Sen. He is in the UK to promote his latest anthology Anthropocene. It is endorsed by one of the world authors that I most admire-Amitav
Have you watched this inspirational film with the late Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama? Most of it was filmed Dharamsala. Given the rise of fascism targeting hatred of religious minorities in India it could be good to get
A brilliant,compelling read. Shrenik Rao Editor of the Madras Courier Whether describing how students were ‘sent to the countryside’ or how, after Mao died, young artists hung their experimental work outside the national art gallery, Vetta is always
Nasio Trust founder Nancy Mudenyo Hunt and I wrote a novel together inspired by her childhood in Kenya and experience transforming the lives of disadvantaged teenagers by taking them to the Nasio projects in Musanda (w.Kenya). Not so Black and
How we named the Jam Factory One of the books I bought at the Oxford Indie Book Fair is Oxford Zz to AA written with a gentle humour by Richard O. Smith and illustrated with bold exaggeration by Korky Paul.
The FIRST FREE Oxford Independent Book Fair hopes to revive the early days of the Oxford Literary Festival when local as well as international authors could be heard .(See below about who is coming) .On Nov 6, exhibitors include
The memorial concert for the wonderful musician and teacher, Trevor Cowlett took place yesterday in Oxford. Trevor founded Kennington(Oxford) and District United Choirs in 1973. All their concerts were for charity and, every year, one was for KOA which I
I’ve had a great time as editor of the fifth Oxford Indie Magazine. My theme was appropriately for me An International edition for an International city I included writers born in Africa, Asia and South America as well as in
The death of George Floyd is an image of brutality that appears on an American turn table which keeps going around and around for centuries. We have no reason in this country to be complacent but there are significant differences.
This film about the courageous Stars artists will come to the UK soon. I’m delighted because I wrote Brushstrokes in Time to tell the story of the Stars – it’s the ONLY novel inspired by them. I’ve had more good