Special Newsletter - Number Six May 2020 Email:
[email protected] www.archoxfordshire.org.uk We hope everyone enjoyed watching the Great British Menu series which this year celebrated 150 years of children’s literature. We especially enjoyed the banquet finale of course as we were invited to attend along with some of the children we support and teacher Lauren Freedman. The banquet was filmed in early February - here we are being welcomed by host Susan Calman. It was amazing to enjoy the wonderful food in the dining hall of Exeter College, Oxford, where ARCh Patron Sir Philip Pullman once studied, and to be surrounded by so many famous children’s authors and illustrators. The star studded list included Authors Cressida Cowell Jacqueline Wilson Lemn Sissay Anthony Horowitz Julia Donaldson Terry Deary Francesca Simon Charlie Higson Konnie Huq Vashti Hardy Muhammad Khan Nick Sharratt & Giles Andreae Jacqueline Wilson pictured with Jasbinder Bilan pictured with us above us above Catherine Johnson Sally Gardner Cerrie Burnell Lemn Sissay reciting his poetry Nina Wadia Chris Smith and Greg James Giles Andreae Illustrators Nick Sharratt Tony Ross Helen Oxenbury Nadia Shireen It was particularly fitting that the winning dish from chef Niall Keating was inspired by Sir Philip Pullman’s Northern Lights. To quote Philip Pullman “After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world”. We wish we could have invited all our volunteers and the children we work with but the good news is that you can watch the banquet on iplayer. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000j4f3 See if you can spot us! The rest of the series is also available to view.