The Portrait of an Epic Life
On his return to Oxford, SYLVIA VETTA talks to Chinese artist Qu Lei lei about his work.
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11, 2012
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09, 2010
Mick Smith – Castaway
Mick Smith, the defence correspondent of the Sunday Times and author of many books on the intelligence services was my Castaway in the August 2010 edition of Limited Edition Magazine. Limited Edition comes free with the Oxford Times on the
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09, 2010
The Artist Observes by Sylvia Vetta – published on a hoarding @The Radcliffe Observatory Quarter for Open Doors Oxford
The Radcliffe Observatory Quarter is one of the most significant development projects the University of Oxford has undertaken for more than a century. It is a 10-acre site in central Oxford, bound by the Woodstock Road, Somerville College, Walton Street, Observatory
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08, 2010
Michael Wright: The Last Officer in the British Indian Army
Michael Wright: the last officer in the British Indian Army The village of Kennington, where I live, is the only village in the country to have chosen to fundraise for an overseas project every year, since 1969. In the process,
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08, 2010
Colin Dexter – Castaway
Colin Dexter: October 2009 Castaway When reviewing ‘My Ashmolean /My Museum‘, for the Oxford Times, I was struck by Theo Chalmers’ stern portrait of Colin Dexter. I mentioned it to Colin and he assured me that he did, indeed, know
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08, 2010
Shami Chakrabarti – Castaway
May Castaway 2009 : Shami Chakrabarti Last year Oxford Brookes University appointed a new Vice Chancellor. Oxford Brookes is a young university so it is rather fitting that they chose the thirty nine year old Shami Chakrabarti. Shami is better
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01, 2010
Garden of the Year Photographic Competition and Exhibition: Blenheim
On the Wild Shotover Ramble on Boxing Day, I found myself musing in front of the oldest oak on the walk, thinking that it was probably just 25 when King Charles held his parliament in Oxford, during the Civil War.
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01, 2009
Darwin
February 12 is the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of a man who changed our understanding of the world and our place within it. A sculpture of Charles Darwin as an old man looks benignly down at visitors and
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01, 2009
Every Antique tells a Story
January 2007 This was the introductory feature of my Oxfordshire Limited Edition (The Oxford Times) series in 2007. I used this story of my own and combined it with the parallel story from Blenheim Palace to invite readers to send
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01, 2009
From Russia with Love
From Russia with Love This landmark exhibition at the Royal Academy (RA) arrived with overtones reminiscent of cold war paranoia. During the on/off period prior to its opening, the Russians exhibited some arrogance. When you see the show lent