Bill Nighy will sell you books in Oxfam shop

Press release:
Bill Nighy is due to swap the stage for a shift volunteering at a charity book shop.
The film star is one of a number of celebrities and authors including Alexei Sayle, Monica Ali, Joanna Trollope and Philip Pullman who will work behind the counter in Oxfam stores.
They are launching the first annual Oxfam Bookfest [...]

Observer: The week of Bill Nighy

As we already know, Bill spent most of his week being a “be’nighy’n nuisance” around the G8 summit and to remind everyone of the promises that have been made on previous G8 summits.
For the Observer he wrote up his week, and you can read about his air guitar habit, his obsession with suits, his [...]

Bill Nighy in Japan with Oxfam – video

Bill has also written a post on the Oxfam International blog about his experiences in Japan.
Bill’s (and many other Oxfam ambassadors’) letter to the G8 can be read here.

And Bill would not be Bill …

without a couple of rock ‘n roll moves. The Act Now photos are taken in Japan, where Bill is supporting Oxfam lobbying at the currently held G8 conference.

All Pictures taken by Oxfam

Bill Nighy from Japan (G8) interview Andrew Marr show

Bill Nighy is currently lobbying with Oxfam at the G8, to make sure that the G8 doesn’t forget their promises about making poverty history.
Bill did an interview for the Andrew Marr show (Bill’s interview is about 30 minutes in the program).
You can see the interview here.
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Bill Nighy in Japan to support Oxfam leading up to G8

After his trip to Tanzania with Oxfam last year, Bill is now in Japan helping Oxfam to remind the G8 of their responsibility to tackle poverty.
You can follow the Oxfam campaigners in Japan on their blog.
Bill Nighy starred in The Girl in the Cafe (2005), a film made for TV written by Richard Curtis. Bill [...]

Bill Nighy in Tanzania – more video

There is an 8 minute clip on youtube of Bill Nighy talking to Sir David Frost about his trip to Tanzania with Oxfam, explaining why he thinks that AID is not only neccesary, it also has had some great results on the places he has visited.
The program (Frost over the World, a BBC breakfast program) [...]

Bill Nighy about his trip to Tanzania on BBC Radio 4

The BBC Radio 4 has a very interesting interview with Bill Nighy about his trip to Tanzania with Oxfam where he tells about his experience and his thoughts about how aid really helps. At the other side of the table, so to speak, sits Paul Collier former Director of the World Bank.
Listen to the [...]

Bill Nighy in Tanzania with Oxfam

The BBC has a 3 minute film of Bill Nighy who travelled with Oxfam to Tanzania to see the difference that international aid can make. BBC news has also featured a short clip with Bill, as has the morning Breakfast show on BBC 1.
Watch it here.
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The G8 wait
Update: Oxfam has a press release about [...]