I have written mini biographies of 120 people for the Castaway Series in Oxfordshire Limited Edition magazine. Those features have been turned into 3 books in support of charities. At the Stratford Literary Festival last year I was asked to
The quest for knowledge is possibly the most inspiring quality in the V&A Leonardo da Vinci exhibition, writes SYLVIA VETTA.
I emailed Andy French about the history of KOA and the question mark over its future. Instead he wrote about me! Oxford Times Article It’s a lovely feature and I'm very appreciative but somewhat embarrassed too. I have never seen
A Turkish agent has taken on Brushstrokes in Time. My novel is dedicated' to anyone anywhere in the world who campaigns for freedom of expression.' With so many journalists writers and teachers under arrest I hope it will be taken
A delightful student has recommended Brushstrokes in Time to her Rector at Yale NUS (Singapore) suggesting I talk to the NUS. (See the extract below) Hasn’t she described the reaction to Brushstrokes in Time well? The sketch was made at
The thought of someone reading my novel over Easter is wonderful enough but her tears are strangely heart- warming. We all need empathy and now more than ever. I'm amazed by the brilliant reviews of Brushstrokes in Time on Amazon
For my author talk for the Friends of Kennington Library I'll share what I have learned from writing 170 life stories for books and for The Oxford Times FOKL author talk . The poster was made by a lovely young
Colin was an early castaway. In the second picture in this blog, I showed him his life story with a photo of one of his castaway choices in Oxford Castaways. The story he told me of how he wrote the
Grayson Perry: the Hogarth of 2017? I LOVE Grayson Perry. My first sight of his work was at the Turner Prize in 2003. From a distance his pots were exquisite high glazed and somewhat feminine. Up close there was something
http://madrascourier.com/opinion/can-india-and-pakistan-overcome-partition/ This opinion piece of mine mentions the poet Ghalib .The irony is that the sensuality of Ghalib’s poetry would not be admired by today’s radical Muslims, who champion a form of pleasure-despising Islam a million miles from the tolerant,