On Friday evening, I went to the first showing of &Sons at the Phoenix Picture House. Veteran film producer ,Victor Glynn, whose son is a producer of &Sons, invited to me to be an extra. An early scene in
Looking forward to listening to my friend, Ray Foulk, on the REUNION talking about the Isle of Wight Festivals (1968-1970.) Ray was one of my early Oxford Castaways . Editor Tim Metcalfe titled it ‘My Beautiful Careers.’ I was honoured
https://artsfestivaloxford.org/events/qu-lei-lei-caroline-deane-exhibition-installation/ Do go to see this exhibition organised by the Oxford Festival of the Arts. I met the artist Qu Leilei, in 2005, while reviewing his one man show at the Ashmolean. That meeting changed my life and led to
Yesterday, I attended the Kyoto Prize lecture by Carol Gilligan. The psychologist has shown how women in particular silence themselves and say what they think they should say rather than express their true experience and opinion. Here is her lecture.
This blog sounds arrogant but my aim is to celebrate David Attenborough through some memories and meetings. I was 10 years old when I watched Zoo Quest on a tiny black and white TV but it is etched on my
The joy of the Oxford Indie Book Fair: inclusion, creativity, connection, fun & thought. The Lord High Sheriff gets it and describes it as ‘uplifting.’ https://highsheriffofoxfordshire.co.uk/a-morning-among-oxfords-storytellers Oxib is run by a volunteer committee, and you can see from the faces
...and my life in one picture thanks to the artist Diana Bell. Last week I was interviewed for Oxford Lives by Jeremy Allen and Graeme Fry produced this podcast from the interview. https://oxfordlives.libsyn.com/oxford-lives-episode-69-with-sylvia-vetta For ten years, I wrote the life
ONLY CONNECT There is a glimmer of hope with the ceasefire in Gaza although given, Netanyahu unilaterally ending the last one, the world can’t trust him. Trust is so important and it comes through connecting with mutual respect and showing,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NvrzUnGE50 I had sad news today. An old colleague at the Oxford Tines, Helen Peacock, has died. Helen was the food writer for the paper for 25 years. I had to cast her away! She was born in Eynsham and
Today, March 19.2025, the composer of the day on BBC Radio 3 was the first celebrated female American composer, Ruth Crawford Seeger, the mother of Mike and Peggy and stepmother of Pete, who sang at Obama's inauguration. I had the