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
Nancy Hunt was born in Kenya. I urge you to read her inspirational story on the pdf below.Nancy was awarded the NatWest Venus prize for the most inspirational woman in Oxfordshire 2014. Of her mother she said, “You don’t have
Click the link below to view this article in its original format: Sir Roger and Lady Moyra Bannister - Castaway Sylvia Vetta talks to Sir Roger Bannister on the eve of the 57th anniversary of his record-breaking run at Oxford’s
My January 2015 castaway is Legs Larry Smith. He was not only photographed with the Beatles but also appeared in their 1967 film The Magical Mystery Tour. Larry and George Harrison became the best of friends and, in 1975, George wrote a
At a party in Montreal I was asked who I was about to interview. When I replied, ‘You may not have heard of her. My next castaway is Annie Sloan’, I was proved embarrassingly wrong. They not only knew about
I began writing for The Oxford Times in 1998 at about the same time that Christopher Brown arrived in Oxford to take up the post of director of the Ashmolean. The Ashmolean has always been a place where town and
Castaway Victor Glynn’s production ‘Foosball’ has sold to record audiences in South America and will be released in the UK just after the World Cup. It has just won the Goya prize in Spain for the best animated movie. Animated film
Think of any great British actor and it’s a good bet that they have worked on a Victor Glynn production. Nigel Hawthorne, Leo McKern, Judi Dench, Ian Richardson, Nigel Havers, the young Hugh Laurie and even Gandalf! My May 2013