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
Castaway Victor Glynn’s production ‘Foosball’ has sold to record audiences in South America and will be released in the UK just after the World Cup. It has just won the Goya prize in Spain for the best animated movie. Animated film
Think of any great British actor and it’s a good bet that they have worked on a Victor Glynn production. Nigel Hawthorne, Leo McKern, Judi Dench, Ian Richardson, Nigel Havers, the young Hugh Laurie and even Gandalf! My May 2013
September Castaway My first rock star Colin Greenwood of Radiohead. Colin is Global Ambassador for the inspirational organisation The Children's Radio Foundation. CRF's UK director is Charlotte Bannister Parker is also a resident of Oxtopia. My village of Kennington chose CRF as our 2013
December 2009 Castaway: Bettany Hughes Historian Writer, Broadcaster and opener of The New Ashmolean The five year old Bettany Hughes was one of 1,694,117 people, who saw the golden mask, from the head of the mummy of King Tutankhamen, on display
August castaway - Ike Garson: Ike Garson
Please see the list below of my most recently published Oxford Castaways articles from the Oxford Times. Please click on any of these names to view the full original article as a PDF. Professor John Dewey
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.
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
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
