The London Launch of Essential Audio Books : Senate House the University of London on Thursday 17 at 6.30. On Wednesday 16 Katie Isbester and Catherine O'Brien the founders of Claret Press and Essential Audiobooks were in Oxford appearing on local TV. oxford-press-release https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_RYEXL9960&list=PLA7BT6X6QX-wVpAnedPnm9wpYMR76yJk4
A stunning eye- opening fictional tale set in China from 1963-1993; WILD SWANS MEETS DR ZHIVAGO, In September 1979 some young Chinese artists who had abandoned socialist realism were bravely exploring self-expression. They tried to find a venue to display
My latest blog for Claret Press is more personal than usual and contains a very old photograph of me with my husband Atam. Katie Isbester has titled it How Love Mixes Us Up and Makes the World a Better Place http://www.claretpress.com/#!How-Love-Mixes-Us-Up-and-Makes-The-World-a-Better-Place/c16ee/57cac090da69896edc4d9d35
The Albion Beatnik Bookshop (34 Walton St, Oxford OX2 6AA Phone: 07737 876213) Thursday August 18 @7.30m A talk by journalist and author of To mark the 50th Anniversary of the showpiece rally of The Cultural Revolution which led to this!
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
http://www.claretpress.com/#!Sylvia-Vetta-talks-of-Ai-Weiwei/c16ee/573894390cf2b662e5bc30d4 I wrote this after Alison Layman’s film of Ai Weiwei titled ‘Never Sorry’ at the Phoenix Picture House (Walton Street) on Wednesday at 6pm for Arts Week Forum . His career as an artist began with the Stars Art
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 Mezzopiano.
The history of tea is not quite the peaceful story one would expect. In the C19th, it was an almost fanatically sought after commodity but British and Indian companies wanted to trade opium in exchange. 'The Ibis Trilogy' by Amitav
A coup for Chinese New Year! Exclusive interview for Oxfordshire Limited Edition with one of the founders of the Stars Art movement the courageous Qu Leilei. Ai Weiwei, Ma Desheng, Wang Keping and Li Shuang are among his fellow Stars.