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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04, 2012
More about Oxford Castaways
Here's the Facebook link; www.facebook.com/OxfordCastaways Go to the facebook page for news of some castaways... Victor Glynn's latest film. Roger Bannister opens the KOA fun Run and meet Simonetta Agnello Hornby in Kennington on Saturday October 5th.
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01, 2012
The Castaways
1 Jewel in the Crown (January 2008) Dr Christopher Brown The Director of The Ashmolean Museum who inspired the building of the New Ashmolean Museum. 2 Jim takes his Time (February 2008) Dr Jim Bennett Director of the world’s first
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01, 2012
My thanks to Weimin He
Click the link below to view this article in its original format: I have a lot to thank Weimin for. He designed the cover of Oxford Castaways and Tower of the Winds the woodblock print (left) was inspired by a poem I
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10, 2011
Kennington Literary Festival 2011
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 and
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10, 2011
Weimin He – Castaway
Click the link below to view this article in its original format: Weimin He - Castaway Sylvia Vetta meets a Chinese artist who lived through Mao’s Cultural Revolution and experienced the Democracy Movement first hand before finding inspiration in Oxford.
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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