So this is a bit of a round up post of what has been sort of a fragmented week and a half. Last Wednesday myself and a few of my fellow Booklings (lovely group of friends who all write) headed off to Blackwell’s for an evening of conversation between author Lucy Atkins (author of The Missing One) and literary agent Judith Read more about Writing, travelling and Lewis[…]
Last night I headed to Ma Maison hotel (the old Oxford Jail) to see the closing show of Oxford Fashion week, couture & beautiful dresses! There was a drinks reception before the main event began where I met lovely lady Jess who was also blogging about the event We drank our share of the fizz and Read more about J’adore couture[…]
This weekend at the Ashmolean was the last viewing of the Henry Moore and Francis Bacon exhibition that has recently been held there. While that exhibition was drawing to a close however a selection of bejewelled loveliness created by renowned goldsmith Kevin Coates was just opening. Zoe and I headed along to see the pieces. Read more about The bejewelled world of Kevin Coates[…]
(c) Oxford Mail So on the week I couldn’t wash who should turn up to my reading session but the Oxford Mail. They took loads of photos of all the volunteers, no sweat I thought, they won’t use the one of me. It looks like I was wrong! Full article here, apparently they phoned me Read more about Read all about it[…]
On a blustery and quite unpleasant Monday eve last night I resisted the temptation to stay at home & cuddle up to the witchcat/radiator and headed out for a 2 hour workshop with Richard Skinner (yes he of the Fiction programme at the Faber academy) entitled Practical Writing tips. Our homework before we got to Read more about The novel – another serious attempt to finish[…]
Yesterday Zoe and I headed to Oxford to see an exhibition being hosted by the Bodleian called Magical Books. At the heart of the exhibition were the original maps from middle earth, Narnia and Lyra’s Oxford. They also had a version of the alethiometer but alas no photos were allowed so you’ll have to visit Read more about Endeavouring to please[…]
Last night I took Jam to the New Theatre to see The Illusionists, a collection of seven magicians who tour together. The show started with the escape expert (who was suspended upside down from the ceiling in a straight jacket, obviously) escaping. Before a full size steam train appeared on on the stage. There were Read more about It’s a kind of Magic[…]
One of our favourite things to do together at the weekends is look round antique/junk shops in the hope of finding that elusive bargain. I think my biggest find to date was my green men chairs but I always like to have a look at the other beautiful things that are for sale. Hungerford is Read more about Exploring Hungerford and a Bedouin tent[…]
For the past week here in Oxford something rather extraordinary has been happening, artists situated in and around Oxford working in all kinds of varying media have been opening their homes to the general public. I was lucky enough to get hold of a programme before the week kicked off and spent a happy evening Read more about Oxford art week and the amazing Rachel Ducker[…]
This Thursday we were lucky enough to attend a talk by Brian Cox on the Planets, a part of Oxford May Music which aims to combine Science and music. The Music part of the evening came from 2 pianists playing the entirety of Holst’s planet suite. I went with Jam and his mum (who like Read more about The planets[…]