As well as inviting local castaways to the launch of Brushstrokes in Time on February 2 at Blackwell’s in Oxford @ 6.45pm (free but booking preferable.) I inquired about life on Oxtopia. This was TV naturalist Dr George McGavin’ssurprising reply. “I
I sometimes think that the Oxtopians have become a club. They are all so different and come from such diverse backgrounds that many would never have met without their castaway experience They may be very different but they like each other!
It looks like Weimin He's insightful depictions of the development of the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter will remain on display for 3 or 4 years. Take the newly created short cut between Walton Street and Woodstock Road and you will see his
Often the people who are the most generous are not wealthy in terms of money. Icolyn is one of those. Born to a subsistence farmer in rural Jamaica she came to Oxford in 1965. Empathy was all she had when she started
Tim Metcalfe’s apt title for this month’s castaway feature (June 2015) is ‘What Katie Did Next.’ The Katie in question is director and publicist Katie Read. At only 37 she already has a string of achievements in the theatre. Now
Artist and castaway, Weimin He's on the spot sketch of the launch of Stealing Dylan from Woodstock. Ray and Caroline Foulk asked me to compere their book launch on June 9 in Blackwell at 7-8pm. When I cast Ray away
Our March 2015 castaway is the author,broadcaster and journalist Georgina Ferry. Georgina is brilliant at communicating science and telling stories about scientists to non scientists. She is the biographer of Dorothy Hodgkin of whom she said, “She was the least
Lady Fiona Carnarvon the mistress of the real Downton Abbey is my February 2015 castaway. I took a trip to Highclere Castle to interview her. She is an avid reader and writer. Her books tell the true stories of
Its official ! On Friday, Nancy Hunt was named ‘the most inspirational woman’ in the UK. The Venus Awards were established in 2011 to promote women in business. In her category Nancy was recognised as the founder of the Nasio
George Harrison of the Beatles gave the name of ‘Legs' to my January 2015 castaway, Larry Smith of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. George also called him King of La-di- Dah and even wrote a song about him. He introduced