A date for your diary? July 16 11am -4pm. OXIB is in its third year so we are considering expanding and adapting. We'll have 25 tables in the marquee at the last event of the Oxford Festival of
Claret Press’s blog on mixed relationships mentions some of my experiences. https://www.claretpress.com/single-post/mixed-up-love I wrote a piece on the subject for the Madras Courier. https://madrascourier.com/.../on-mixed-race-relationships/ 150,000 people, mostly of Indian ancestry, read it. (The editor seems to know how to work
Kennington is a large village situated on the edge of Oxford. Unlike our neighbour, Kennington is an unassuming almost private place. Oxford and the nearby Cotswolds team with tourists - you won’t find any in Kennington. We like it that
A small group of us walk in nature together and write poetry inspired by what we see. My artist friend and author of, Nature Unlocked, Diana Bell, took us to Dry Sandford last week. The previous day, a public
Memories of an earlier book launch event For the launch of Oxford Castaways 2 we held a debate. I’d created the mythical island of Oxtopia and the inspirational castaways had to establish a new society there. James Harrison of
Yesterday I attended the Pharos lecture at the Sheldonian theatre. (Lord) Jonathan Sumption talked on the subject ‘The New Roundheads: Politics and the Misuse of History.’ At the end of his eloquent address, I knew that the label ‘roundhead’ applies
Launches are booked at Oxford County Library and The Nehru Centre in Mayfair. Andy Ffrench's feature in The Oxford Times left me feeling emotional. https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23129805.oxford-writer-sylvia-vetta-fills-memoirs-delicious-recipes/ Writing this book felt different to my other books, fiction and non-fiction. I dug deep
In the ‘Appetiser’ to my memoir Food of Love: Cooking up a life across Gender, Class and Race, I include a photograph of an unusual sculpture being placed in a roof in Headington. I only give two pieces of
In 'Food of Love' I invent a word ‘Communessence ‘. It means when we eat together we come together. It is inspired by the Sikh practice of 'langar' which in Punjabi means 'kitchen'. Gurdwaras have kitchens, which serve meals to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whX1OTtWkpY&t=448s Following the publication of my memoir Food of Love, cooking up a life across gender, class and race, Catherine Whelan Costen who lives in Calgary, asked to interview me. It gave me the opportunity to share my belief that