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
North Hoardings Revised 02-06 Weimin He is artist in resident at the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter. A pathway between Walton Street and Woodstock Road has been created and lined with hoardings. In a few weeks’ time some of his pictures (click
Imperial Grandeur: a review of the Three Emperors by Sylvia Vetta Published in the Oxford Times in November 2005 I would recommend this exhibition to everyone and particularly to readers under 40. In the not too distant future China will
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
It looks like Weimin He's spirited depictions of the development of the Radcliffe Observatory Quarterwill stay in place three or four years. So you will have plenty of time to admire them. Wander between Walton Street and Woodstock Road and see sixty
This clue was set by Colin Dexter and used in The Silent World of Nicolas Quinn. To solve the mystery shouldn’t require the help of Colin’s insightful Inspector Morse. The answer is ‘Donald’. Donald Duck and Don Bradman certainly but
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
Flight and the Artistic Imagination @Compton Verney (August 2012) (This review was syndicated ) Compton Verney goes from strength to strength. Its visitor numbers are seventy per cent up on last year and the recently opened exhibition Flight and the
Weimin’s painting of a workman doing a handstand in sight of the Observatory is joyful. I was delighted to see that the editor, Tim Metcalfe had used it on the cover of Oxfordshire Limited Edition. I get great pleasure
I was at the press day for the latest exhibition at the glorious Compton Verney. Gardener/artist Dan Pearson has created a vast Morris inspired wild flower meadow . Compton Verney was the brave creation of castaway Sir Peter Moores.Why brave?