In Oxford between now and April 2018 do go to see Qu Leilei A Chinese Artist in Britain at the Ashmolean. Without Qu Leilei's stories I could not have written Brushstrokes in Time. It is not his story fictionalised but his description of his life in China 1965-1980 made me feel what it was like. The rest was down to my imagination and research In this review of Brushstrokes in Time you get a feel for the courage of the Stars artists..
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