Claire Foster

Jun 20, 2024 | brightwalldarkroom.com | Claire Foster

When I first thought of writing about Illuminata, my uncle had been a handful of ashes for more than a year. Cancer meandered north from his prostate and made lesions on his liver, then penetrated his beautiful brain. I imagined sending him this essay—I wanted to write it because I knew he would enjoy it. After all, we loved opera and we loved one another. In opera, as in life, what we do not know will kill us.

Mar 26, 2024 | kdminer.com | Claire Foster

Eighty-five years ago two of the most glamorous movie stars to have ever graced the silver screen eloped to Kingman to wed in a small private ceremony. Only a tiny handful of lucky Kingman residents were fortunate to be present on Wednesday, March 29, 1939, when Clark Gable and Carole Lombard decided to jump in their car and drive from Los Angeles to the desert to marry, without telling anyone at all.

Mar 4, 2024 | narratively.com | Claire Foster

I never wanted to be a princess in white. I wasn’t one of those little girls who dreams of her wedding day — I wasn’t a girl at all. I saw myself as grubby, an animal. I was happiest in overalls and didn’t mind when other people asked me if I was a boy or a girl. I liked being difficult to nail down. When I was young, there was no word for what I was — or what I was not. Even now, the words we have are incomplete. I struggle to describe myself. “Not a girl” is usually as far as I get.

Dec 30, 2023 | theoxfordmagazine.com | Claire Foster

Throughout his career, Professor Neil Mortensen has had a significant interest in advancing the speciality through research. As President of the Ileostomy Association, he has for many years championed patients who have undergone surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Evidence of his international recognition is provided by numerous visiting professorships and eponymous lectureships, as well as his receiving several prestigious prizes.

Jan 20, 2023 | theoxfordmagazine.com | Claire Foster

Recommendations will be made to Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet that officers should be authorised to start negotiations on outline legal and commercial terms relating to Oxford United FC’s proposal to lease land to develop a new football stadium. Discussions to secure information and undertakings that meet the county council’s objectives for the site would continue. Any final decision regarding the leasing of the land would be taken in public at a future cabinet meeting.