25 06, 2025

 The Rise and Rise of Oxford Indie Book Fair. Why? Is it tapping into a need? 

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(See the programme at the bottom of the blog) I’m one if the organisers of the Oxford Indie Book Fair. Our fairs are in Oxford in the University Examinations Halls and, on July 13, as the last event of the

14 02, 2025

The Fifties : Don’t romanticise them not even on Valentine’s day!

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 The Fifties: Don't romanticise them not even on Valentine’s Day! Yesterday, I watched two one act plays by Terrence Rattigan at the Oxford Playhouse. They took me back to the fifties like a time machine! When I interviewed Sir Roger