On July 15 Nancy Hunt and I were interviewed for 20 minutes on Talk Oxfordshire. It is about the latest book I have been involved with. GREEN POWER The Spirulina Cookbook brings together many elements in my life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mfDi8Cia70&list=PLA7BT6X6QX-zLHM8mmx4eLc6ZOS6LZOWi
I chair [...]
I am still in shock at the news that Rebecca Alison (nee Martin) died yesterday at a tragically young age. I was privileged to interview her and Nia Williams for Oxfordshire Limited Edition. I sent them to Oxtopia as [...]
Tim Metcalfe, before his tenure as editor of Oxfordshire Limited Edition came to an end, agreed to send Trevor Cowlett to Oxtopia . My April 2015 Castaway was not famous like castaways Sir Roger Bannister or Peggy Seeger but is the director of [...]
I wrote this to promote the Bagley Wood Fun Run (in The Oxford Times)
The village of Kennington is squeezed into a narrow track of land between Bagley Woods and the River Thames. The ancient woodland was first mentioned in [...]
Kennington is the only village in the country to choose to raise money every year for a chosen overseas project. 2013 is KOA’s 45th year.
I’ve been the chair sixteen times but now we have a [...]
Castaways Peggy Seeger, Bill Heine and Charlotte Bannister Parker appear in this video as do a few Kennington jokes and a star performer in the shape of a 1954 MG. The KOA baby is the fabulous singer Rebecca Martin [...]
The Festival began with a film shown on Friday 14th October. The Ultimate Survivor showed the 100 year history of the Ultimate Picture Palace , the little cinema on Jeune Street off the Cowley Road . It was produced [...]
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 [...]
The first Kennington Free Literary Festival was held on Saturday the 24th of April 2010 at the Kennington Village Centre. The day included; author talks, book sellers, stands and activities for all ages!
Helen Rappaport had her first Oxfordshire audience for Beautiful Forever and [...]
Listen to my interview by Jo Thoenes on BBC Radio Oxford, broadcast on 22nd June 2009. The interview covers the rise of Kennington community spirit.