Reminiscing and The Portrait of the Artist as Pure Genius (Leonardo da Vinci)
The quest for knowledge is possibly the most inspiring quality in the V&A Leonardo da Vinci exhibition, writes SYLVIA VETTA.
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05, 2017
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05, 2017
My photo writ large! No hiding place!
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
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04, 2017
Brushstrokes in Time is dedicated to anyone anywhere campaigning for freedom of expression
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
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04, 2017
The Cathartic affect of Brushstrokes in Time !
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
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04, 2017
Brushstrokes in Time (BiT) A moving new review and interviewed with Katie Isbester on TV !
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
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04, 2017
Tips about Life Writing. Kennington May 3@11am
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
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03, 2017
Unforgettable Fire! Castaway 22 Colin Dexter the creator of Inspector Morse died today.
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
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03, 2017
Artists and Writers. Grayson Perry our modern day Hogarth and Fielding?
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
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02, 2017
The poet GHALIB would weep
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,
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01, 2017
Art/Poet News : The Mists of Dao ( arrives in India!) and castaway news : Rev Charlotte Bannister Parker breaks a ‘stained glass ceiling’.
Castaway News: Rev Charlotte Bannister Parker will lead a series of interviews on the topic of Press and Pressure at St Mary's University Church in the Vaults cafe. Charlotte Bannister Parker has just been appointed leading priest: the first woman