The Lexi Cinema and Sally Wilton.

I didn't know too much about the Lexi until I read this in the FT

Star of the green screen

By Penny Wark

Published: December 3 2010 22:09 | Last updated: December 3 2010 22:09

Grounded: Sally Wilton with Lickers the cat

:We all make assumptions, and one of mine is that if an entrepreneur has sold a business for £21m she will live in

a swanky house. So why am I standing outside a pleasant but ordinary Edwardian end terrace in London’s Kensal Rise?

The clue is in the shy woman who opens the door, and the quirky building a few hundred yards away that announces on 

its front wall, “I AM CINEMA, LOVE ME”. This is The Lexi cinema, a thriving art house centre that serves as a focus for the

 community around it, and sends its profits to Lynedoch, an eco village in South Africa. Sally Wilton is the chief executive, 

although these days she works for nothing. Or at least not for personal gain. READ MORE