On a sunny summer day, Oxford is a truly idyllic place, and the St Hilda’s conference was blessed with wonderful weather from Friday to Sunday. I’ve been to the conference(which has been running now for 16 years) a couple of times before, but this was definitely the best yet in my experience. Everything about it seemed right.
I’ll be blogging about it in more detail shortly, but first I want to pay tribute to some of the people who made it such a great event. Eileen Roberts, from St Hilda’s, works closely with Kate Charles to make sure that everyone, from regular attendees to newcomers, feels welcome. And Natasha Cooper (or N.J. Cooper – she assures us that the ‘J’ stands for Jezebel…) was a terrific chairman, who also delivered a marvellous paper, ‘Behind the Mask’, which had a genuine element of poignancy.
Cilla Masters gave a very good after dinner speech on Friday, while the legendary Colin Dexter spoke, again with poignancy, on Saturday evening, a memorable occasion.
I also had a chance to look round the city. Hence the photos of the dreaming spires among other scenes.
Monday 24 August 2009
Back from Oxford
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2 comments:
Great pictures. I haven't been to Oxford since I was in college (no, I didn't go there! But I toured there.) I remember feeling loud. :)
I'd LOVE to hear Colin Dexter.
Elizabeth
Mystery Writing is Murder
Colin was in great form, Elizabeth. And a great guy, too.
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