tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231668232024-03-18T22:38:16.744+00:00SYLVIA KENT'S READING & WRITING FORUMA history and lifestyle journal
www.swwj.co.ukSylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.comBlogger1641125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-68150387892599365862024-03-17T19:48:00.004+00:002024-03-18T22:37:43.040+00:00LAUNCH DAY FOR ESSEX NOVELIST SHEILA NORTON<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiugxlCGVg7k02EX3PLy3gU7oczNMCaDeM9TZtmd30go3tBB7NIt7RRYP6_meqMVyaD7ww52pI18evnRfF5cj9iIP9zMtF2qiBGy7N3R4VZTdaq3lDzO-9NVsd9LVh9xfga4zFiM1OWz1lN5T87DiQ2jBa9Zu6iy1DmkwpRcatmhx5xySwSHYuH/s2370/Tales%20from%20the%20Circle%20Sheila%20Norton.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1519" data-original-width="2370" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiugxlCGVg7k02EX3PLy3gU7oczNMCaDeM9TZtmd30go3tBB7NIt7RRYP6_meqMVyaD7ww52pI18evnRfF5cj9iIP9zMtF2qiBGy7N3R4VZTdaq3lDzO-9NVsd9LVh9xfga4zFiM1OWz1lN5T87DiQ2jBa9Zu6iy1DmkwpRcatmhx5xySwSHYuH/w640-h410/Tales%20from%20the%20Circle%20Sheila%20Norton.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-81182985560019214822024-03-16T18:04:00.005+00:002024-03-16T18:15:05.704+00:00BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS - THOUSANDS OF THEM TO BE FOUND AT CHELMSFORD'S COMMUNITY BOOKSHOP<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBEwE8VY8lC0CaOXOkqFxOBmYcPCiwDuZ1KZy1OldX5XrPPFMzvf9hFIcltic1_nr9E5dET1iyMgs_8A0hogeP5Z0jk-JoT9PVgWEgrdqLhTojcOt4ZLOd2Eeg-0Rmi9ieOkq4seFHjDyZd86HiHkDRSRt-ggn1-TCm7641DIzU4pAEei7q7z/s891/240315%20Chelmsford%20Community%20Book%20Shop%20Brian%20Poole%20and%20Jean%20Steward%20Hook%20End.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="668" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBEwE8VY8lC0CaOXOkqFxOBmYcPCiwDuZ1KZy1OldX5XrPPFMzvf9hFIcltic1_nr9E5dET1iyMgs_8A0hogeP5Z0jk-JoT9PVgWEgrdqLhTojcOt4ZLOd2Eeg-0Rmi9ieOkq4seFHjDyZd86HiHkDRSRt-ggn1-TCm7641DIzU4pAEei7q7z/w300-h400/240315%20Chelmsford%20Community%20Book%20Shop%20Brian%20Poole%20and%20Jean%20Steward%20Hook%20End.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>In this world of money-making projects, I applaud so many of the hardworking charitable folk I come across who beaver away raising funds in so many different and imaginative ways (including, of course, our very own John Baron's Fun Walk). More later!</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It takes a lot of energy, time and hard work to make many of these charity projects successful. My recent trip to to our Essex city brought me in touch with Brian Poole, manager of Chelmsford's Community Bookshop in Market Road (pictured with Jean Steward).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here, I discovered the most wonderful selection of books, jigsaw puzzles, ordnance survey maps and masses of other interesting items. Could have stayed all day!</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">One of the amazing things was that Brian and his cheerful team are all volunteers. So, it was a pleasure to meet Brian, Jean Steward and Pauline Stimson (recently) on duty, who were able to tell me more about this magical, brilliant bookshop which started life in March 2011. Long may it continue!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">********************************************************************************</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">THE COMMUNITY BOOKSHOP</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There is a wide range of books available with most subjects covered. Fiction books are set out alphabetically by author and non-fiction according to subject matter.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><main class="site-main wpex-clr" id="main" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #616161;"><div class="container wpex-clr" id="content-wrap" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: var(--wpex-container-max-width); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: var(--wpex-container-width);"><div class="content-area wpex-clr" id="primary" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; 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margin-bottom: var(--wpex-vc-elements-bottom-margin, 0px); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="wpb_wrapper" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0 0 var(--wpex-el-margin-bottom); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We offer great value for money on all our books with the vast majority of books under £1. Special editions or very expensive to produce books are individually priced but still remain better value than you could pay elsewhere.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0 0 var(--wpex-el-margin-bottom); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Special offers are always available in the shop. Come in and see us.</strong></em></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0 0 var(--wpex-el-margin-bottom); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Like us and follow us on Facebook Chelmsford Community Bookshop.</em></strong></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></div></div></div></main></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-54967885059582217212024-03-13T10:51:00.014+00:002024-03-15T19:46:59.030+00:00WELCOME TO DEE GORDON (A PROLIFIC AND WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR FROM SOUTHEND)<p><i><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">FAMOUS ESSEX AUTHORS</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>(</span><span style="font-family: arial;">That you have never heard of)</span></span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(With over 40 illustrations plus a fold-out Essex author map)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Admittedly, there are some names within these pages that you will know already, but there are literally dozens of names that have been, sadly, forgotten over time. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">You may recognise some book titles, however (The French Lieutenant’s Woman? One Hundred and One Dalmatians?)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Some of the romance writers featured may not have famous names or even famous “titles” but they were so prolific and popular that they deserve to be foregrounded for their contribution to the world of books.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">These earlier generations of writers set the stage for those current Essex writers that feature on the bestseller lists. It has also been important for Essex to include big guns such as Austen, Shakespeare and Dickens, however tenuous the links in such cases!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ISBN 9781739931629, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">RRP Price £12.99 </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Stock item at Gardners Books. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">www.essex100.com ask@essex100.com</span></span></p><p><br /></p>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-45533961423151706492024-03-09T15:43:00.003+00:002024-03-10T11:28:54.049+00:00CERTAINLY A YEAR FOR ANNIVERSARIES - MANY MORE TO COME - METHODIST CHURCH, BILLERICAY<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqeBeT0mlo3VNLr7TMwC26q0F0op9aNJca7AFYSLtzWwBrEXEDSb16_ewFkjF45dyrSx-R1HdDw52z7CX50JdpopG06Tk_4qyqFbxLEGoceFq02eDOc3W65mHCi8y-3DbKVvDOV2ZM06U14RW3hEWun6rvepvyoRClt3caiPg-U2ghnlGAvkYG/s1187/240303%20Billericay%20Methodist%20Church.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="1187" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqeBeT0mlo3VNLr7TMwC26q0F0op9aNJca7AFYSLtzWwBrEXEDSb16_ewFkjF45dyrSx-R1HdDw52z7CX50JdpopG06Tk_4qyqFbxLEGoceFq02eDOc3W65mHCi8y-3DbKVvDOV2ZM06U14RW3hEWun6rvepvyoRClt3caiPg-U2ghnlGAvkYG/s320/240303%20Billericay%20Methodist%20Church.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Billericay Methodist Church 2024<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />Didn't I mention last autumn how many anniversary celebrations were being planned for this year?! </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Well, since l January, we have enjoyed a couple of anniversaries already, and Sunday's centenary of Billericay's Methodist Church was lovely and such a pleasure to meet lots of old friends in this super little town. I took along one of my earliest books written over twenty years ago (and still selling), where I outline (among numerous stories of people I've interviewed), the history of the town's Methodist Church, how it was started, by whom, and with lots of photographs of some of the town's earliest inhabitants. </span></p>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-91065413314694958292024-02-29T18:46:00.001+00:002024-02-29T18:50:51.449+00:00SHOWCASING THE CITY OF CHELMSFORD ESSEX<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> It was interesting last autumn, when in Chelmsford, Essex, to come across a busy film crew preparing to access the fabulous old Shire Hall in the city centre. Of course I wanted to know what project they were concentrating on, but no one was going to spill the beans. Never mind, this week I realised they were filming <i>The Jury </i>which has been screening every night this week with last episode of <i>The Jury </i>to be shown later this evening (9.pm). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheomn-nz5DdraN1LoGLBEm0qykH7ciurIXqgQBn53oprP2uIa0Y9luZpJbsJ3-kpzlh4cKsLd0rf2qOSHnjvEimZTApFElNC3TVfbUwQaD6LeVV-tlM2xebK2AIx9GU26As_56YnYL5KikTFTM-RyzDBHL_24OzgYYNMPqXS0JxU33KTvjVspy/s891/240224%20Shire%20Hall%20filming%20The%20Jury.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="668" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheomn-nz5DdraN1LoGLBEm0qykH7ciurIXqgQBn53oprP2uIa0Y9luZpJbsJ3-kpzlh4cKsLd0rf2qOSHnjvEimZTApFElNC3TVfbUwQaD6LeVV-tlM2xebK2AIx9GU26As_56YnYL5KikTFTM-RyzDBHL_24OzgYYNMPqXS0JxU33KTvjVspy/w480-h640/240224%20Shire%20Hall%20filming%20The%20Jury.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-43549180596860803792024-02-24T09:39:00.004+00:002024-02-24T09:44:52.506+00:00 SUPER DAISY GOODWIN ON RADIO RIGHT NOW! <p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggYDmMojVCNZShHSMRU1ZVtRmbd0Xcbu6nbuV5iDT3_M-STomY7nQRh4YpiN2CoBwdyWQqpEqosjolm5oUimLwcQy63osool4TuN6NSZJuVCxnzVs1QlNUD89qqiTn51jFvSE7oWaUpqrZctLsHdFgtmFJOWIxBjfYrrj62_34YHhF7ytG39dW/s347/daisy-goodwin1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="347" data-original-width="267" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggYDmMojVCNZShHSMRU1ZVtRmbd0Xcbu6nbuV5iDT3_M-STomY7nQRh4YpiN2CoBwdyWQqpEqosjolm5oUimLwcQy63osool4TuN6NSZJuVCxnzVs1QlNUD89qqiTn51jFvSE7oWaUpqrZctLsHdFgtmFJOWIxBjfYrrj62_34YHhF7ytG39dW/w308-h400/daisy-goodwin1.jpg" width="308" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />So good to hear best-selling novelist Daisy Goodwin on BBC Radio 4 this morning. I met Daisy many years ago at the Groucho Club - she was our speaker at the time and was so funny, but informative to our group of writers and journalists. Gave her a copy of my book which had just been published The Woman Writer and some of the BBC team who were sitting in the audience. Must read her book <i>DIVA </i>when time permits.</span><p></p>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-61793918398508681882024-02-19T14:29:00.020+00:002024-02-19T22:59:41.552+00:00NEW BOOKS - NEW AUTHOR FROM ESSEX - D S JOHNSON-MILLS - PHOENIXFM - BRENTWOOD WRITERS CIRCLE<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEAIUl0_Fif3Kax37RJVi5BMXisrIYJI-n1N27GrL79AdmCbzuGh-6s1LTmTOVN23d6aVXaKdnBA5k56dQtlmS1UxoNYwB1ayTeibOUHVeqpoHMkr8RDpym5XviSAai5ICuwUXj59XY2swFsoUTLV2XDXdk_Z4OJRsQJpzKe-HQ8BfZqM7by0/s500/Denise%20book%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="357" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEAIUl0_Fif3Kax37RJVi5BMXisrIYJI-n1N27GrL79AdmCbzuGh-6s1LTmTOVN23d6aVXaKdnBA5k56dQtlmS1UxoNYwB1ayTeibOUHVeqpoHMkr8RDpym5XviSAai5ICuwUXj59XY2swFsoUTLV2XDXdk_Z4OJRsQJpzKe-HQ8BfZqM7by0/w285-h400/Denise%20book%20cover.jpg" width="285" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br />It's always a great pleasure to meet new writers in our successful writers' circle meetings in London (www.swwj.co.uk) and Essex (www.brentwoodwriterscircle.com. Alongside many new authors who are busily writing their first books, we often invite some into our PhoenixFM radio programmes, presented by musician and singer, Michelle Ward at the PhoenixFM studio every month. </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">This is our fourteenth year of Michelle's popular morning programme (Eat My Brunch) and listeners certainly enjoy her music and repartee. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivkTwn-bJRxfqe_8E2wHGpE2NqJ1yz-sRaNAVzVe5OmkmwdxYk2q-EL7ZuZSZ2h_IRcqxoWPC8vVeGgyf9Ehq-w2opK1fuWlXeHVKmjn2f5WZWGAZCzUsYblfHb6UULChQ3EeradsLcz3yx0lBaJIs9RUazXK1m70wCk6cRc8r0ZCE1x2jijDw/s3823/phoenixfm-denise-michelle.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2801" data-original-width="3823" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivkTwn-bJRxfqe_8E2wHGpE2NqJ1yz-sRaNAVzVe5OmkmwdxYk2q-EL7ZuZSZ2h_IRcqxoWPC8vVeGgyf9Ehq-w2opK1fuWlXeHVKmjn2f5WZWGAZCzUsYblfHb6UULChQ3EeradsLcz3yx0lBaJIs9RUazXK1m70wCk6cRc8r0ZCE1x2jijDw/w451-h330/phoenixfm-denise-michelle.jpg" width="451" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So, last Thursday was a red-letter day for us with the introduction of Denise Johnson-Mills who was invited to talk about her debut best-selling book<i> CHOOSING ME</i>. We always learn something new from our guests and Denise certainly gave us some great ideas,</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> as well as outlining her own fabulous life. And... yep, there's a second book about to be published. Check out her excellent website: </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">D.S.johnson-mills</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="centerColumn" id="centerCol" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: calc(20% + 50px); margin-right: 335px;"><div class="celwidget" data-cel-widget="bookDescription_feature_div" data-csa-c-asin="" data-csa-c-content-id="bookDescription" data-csa-c-id="h2i8yd-2mexaw-eoyiv5-tqlfos" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row="false" data-csa-c-slot-id="bookDescription_feature_div" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-feature-name="bookDescription" id="bookDescription_feature_div" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container" data-a-expander-collapsed-height="280" data-a-expander-name="book_description_expander" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; max-height: none; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 484.386px;"><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 20px; position: relative;"><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Story line:</h4><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dylan is a young Bostonian embracing her newfound freedom in the bustling streets of London. Alongside her best friend, Toby, they indulge in a life filled with joy and carefree moments, evading the lurking shadows threatening their cheerful facade. But when he reunites with his old friend Markus, he inadvertently sets the wheel in motion for three lives to be turned upside down. Dylan is instantly attracted to Markus, a dangerously intoxicating stranger whose touch sets her world aflame and crumbles her carefully crafted defences. But every touch exposes the fractures of a past she's fought so hard to forget, threatening to drown out the allure of a budding romance. As her heart teeters between love and old shadows, Dylan stands at a crossroads: face the shadows that chase her, or risk losing the life and love she's only just begun to discover.</span></div></div></div></div>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-9181775549753762502024-02-13T19:03:00.002+00:002024-02-13T19:49:09.198+00:00LOOKING AHEAD TO OUR FUN WALK 2024<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Pm2m4r7jUgc2fVEBGaYa_Ez2lEoHshfZ2t36_uRRG2F-eHlMS2MHVuBs97gsbG37abM1eyk-ARmeUEDcnCsLThjoPmzz2hN5rgqwLfZzMbjQOE-saRytjYJCaPgx-XQF8jdikdy4L8659st_sXLs920QjEvgPdudhXyMobM-tQn_QaUCru4z/s2000/John%20Baron's%20fun%20walk%20September%2014%2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Pm2m4r7jUgc2fVEBGaYa_Ez2lEoHshfZ2t36_uRRG2F-eHlMS2MHVuBs97gsbG37abM1eyk-ARmeUEDcnCsLThjoPmzz2hN5rgqwLfZzMbjQOE-saRytjYJCaPgx-XQF8jdikdy4L8659st_sXLs920QjEvgPdudhXyMobM-tQn_QaUCru4z/w640-h426/John%20Baron's%20fun%20walk%20September%2014%2022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-7308922244304837232024-02-12T23:02:00.003+00:002024-02-12T23:05:10.190+00:00VALENTINE'S DAY APPROACHING <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4d4d4d;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4d4d4d;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLfMRzbVOEqZNNBpB52HyCVlL7duN2ijXmksCvURMi9t61y1TitVWfP-JipVwSTYfpGhyIOyZ3fO7NldoYZ4LOPKW7b-edFT4QfDW8UQbZGOM8Vlpwo3b2RFlO-X3BaSp15vv1K2sBpoLfvUOZj8fu5HYthq4ToyhhEZ2pnlB4pfrTFz8jd-fl" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLfMRzbVOEqZNNBpB52HyCVlL7duN2ijXmksCvURMi9t61y1TitVWfP-JipVwSTYfpGhyIOyZ3fO7NldoYZ4LOPKW7b-edFT4QfDW8UQbZGOM8Vlpwo3b2RFlO-X3BaSp15vv1K2sBpoLfvUOZj8fu5HYthq4ToyhhEZ2pnlB4pfrTFz8jd-fl" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4d4d4d;"><br />Embrace it with hearts and flowers, or hide away under the duvet,whatever your preference, there’s no getting away from the fact that Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, but have you ever wondered about its origins? </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">According to the National Geographic, the earliest possible origin story of Valentine’s Day is the Pagan holiday Lupercalia. Occurring for centuries in the middle of February, the holiday celebrates fertility. Men would strip naked and sacrifice a goat and dog, young boys would then take strips of hide from the sacrificed animals and use it to whip young women, to promote fertility. Thankfully, we’ve moved on from sacrificing and whipping, and Valentine's Day has become a day to celebrate (by choice, fate or otherwise) our ability to love and connect.</span></p><p style="font-family: Arimo, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arimo, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arimo, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></p>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-34466051551579457472024-02-08T19:52:00.004+00:002024-02-10T19:52:37.533+00:00LOTS TO LOOK FORWARD TO AS OUR 25TH ESSEX BOOK FESTIVAL APPROACHES - JUNE 1-30<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.sylviakent.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">ESSEX BOOK FESTIVAL- JUNE 1-30 2024</a> </span></div></blockquote><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;">
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Work is well underway for This Land, the 25th Edition of <a href="https://essexbookfestival.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f95bcccc99206285d80e2dbf7&id=d41074d821&e=696bc86a60" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Essex Book Festival</a>.
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We will be launching this year’s festival at the University of Essex on 1st June. With Sarah Perry talking about her new novel <em>Enlightenment</em> (already hailed as her best work to date), a Radical Essex Procession, led by 500 flag-bearers, onto campus; a variety of talks, performances, exhibitions and workshops, in the mix, it is going to be a very special day.
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<![endif]--></td></tr></tbody></table>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-86142806619948265502024-02-05T13:51:00.014+00:002024-02-06T10:32:34.795+00:00CELEBRATING OUR FILMMAKING COLLEAGUES (J.A.B.S).AT OUR SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS & JOURNALISTS<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> <b>PRESS RELEASE Congratulations to our SWWJ filmmakers home now from <span><span>Hollywood Film Festival.</span></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span></span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBj3IsdHik0PgjGKYEDNYZL1MzIgT24IFImCL5VqH1NUNi5JOB_7wHLa1_DbUs4RAnciUSCEpFQlm9g9b3dDzBsPcbAHYEB74QXW66LFr0MJN0UmcTM0pnj66T-0Aj2Zkb9Sp2rcRQgpQdyjkufpnXdjwy7tzTchqfz8xVPo5GZV8wa2TfiRA/s897/2023%20Hollywod%20pictures.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="673" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBj3IsdHik0PgjGKYEDNYZL1MzIgT24IFImCL5VqH1NUNi5JOB_7wHLa1_DbUs4RAnciUSCEpFQlm9g9b3dDzBsPcbAHYEB74QXW66LFr0MJN0UmcTM0pnj66T-0Aj2Zkb9Sp2rcRQgpQdyjkufpnXdjwy7tzTchqfz8xVPo5GZV8wa2TfiRA/s320/2023%20Hollywod%20pictures.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></b></span></div><p></p><p class="p2" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="s2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span><span class="s2">How lovely to hear of the success of a group of our Society of Women Writers' filmmakers living in St Albans. who, just a few years ago, created their J</span>.A.B.S.
Productions' team. <b>J</b>ane Fookes, <b>A</b>nne Stafford Murray, <b>B</b>enita
Cullingford and her daughter <b>S</b>haron Hoyland used the years of the covid pandemic to create their J.AB.S. making short films which resulted in a fabulous visit to Hollywood and their film festival. And - wait for it - they won! </span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="s2"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span><span class="s2">Their five-minute film <i>Snatched</i> won Best Female Production (Short film) at the Skiptown
Playhouse International Film Festival, Hollywood, USA, in November 2023. </span></span><span class="s2">In
addition, their film was </span><span>selected for inclusion in the </span><i>London Lift
Off International Film Festival</i><span> in December 2023, and was previously a
joint winner for Best Short Film for Children at the </span><i>Bridge of Peace
International Film Festival</i><span> in Paris, April 2023. </span><span class="s2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span><span class="s2">Anne, their director, said: </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;">‘I can’t believe we’ve come this far in less than two years.
We’ve known each other as local writers for a long time, but collaborating
together has brought about our current successes. Initially, we were going to
film a short play of Benita’s in her garden, on a smart phone. </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;">My daughter
Larissa had just graduated from film school in London, and I suggested that she
could shoot it on a more professional film camera/camcorder.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial;">So that’s what we did.</span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="s2"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">'Subsequently
adopting a cinematic approach, we have made five shorts, with Benita and Jane
as screenwriters on different films, and myself as director and editor. Benita
is also our producer, Larissa our director of photography and Sharon our sound
recordist and everything else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of
us act in them as well.’</span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="s2"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="s2">J.A.B.S
Productions second film </span> <span class="s2"><i> The Way We Were Valentine</i> won Best Mental Health short at the Cotswold International Film Festival in
September 2022 and was selected for inclusion in the Berlin Lift Off
International Film Festival in March 2023. </span>Their next
project is a short children’s film <i>Zsa Zsa and Boo</i> due for release very
soon. </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">To view the
films on their YouTube channel visit: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://youtube.com/@annemurray6630?si=FiFMzMo5PLvL2ZK3"><span>https://youtube.com/@annemurray6630?si=FiFMzMo5PLvL2ZK3</span></a><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span>Pictures<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span>Some of the JABS team on the red carpet at Skiptown
Playhouse International Film Festival, Hollywood, USA, November 2023.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-78482074707294075512024-01-31T20:05:00.009+00:002024-01-31T22:40:01.736+00:00OUR TOWN'S LINK WITH THE PAST - CHECK OUT BILLERICAY COMMUNITY ARCHIVE AND ALL THE NEW SUPERB ARTICLES THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_PpKpDkO8mgix7pQUg5PN1cybSdwqn1A-56PmOEMDdrdaAEzjoIMV7h-aagSuIEA68Di0YdeB1iLhtbRTlmsZAKfZQXozh8CV3B-h1d1v_O_8giVXP7mgAEniEB8vJKHcEwdwgHiI-9yazHrAvV21U5ytOA7aR8z4MIREfI4nvYKZPArrHYXy/s4885/2023%20Photfold%20sylvia%20and%20history%20team.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3261" data-original-width="4885" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_PpKpDkO8mgix7pQUg5PN1cybSdwqn1A-56PmOEMDdrdaAEzjoIMV7h-aagSuIEA68Di0YdeB1iLhtbRTlmsZAKfZQXozh8CV3B-h1d1v_O_8giVXP7mgAEniEB8vJKHcEwdwgHiI-9yazHrAvV21U5ytOA7aR8z4MIREfI4nvYKZPArrHYXy/w640-h428/2023%20Photfold%20sylvia%20and%20history%20team.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It's not often that you will see who actually volunteers for the above Community Archive covering the history of our town, but we were lucky in some of our team being snapped at a recent history gathering by the famous Photofold photographic experts, who have flourished in Billericay for more than forty years. </span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">More images will be added when a full complement of our members manage to get together later in the year. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVNdzhL3SmPmQan2czoIYrDfcsUDD95OQdHeFDej5vacovFOsICTPa1UxdBEc4bvQNu4rTC-thDKgYt_jaPPOondzizPbjs_qbrIOe5yq2-tk3bDw1NGXpnHPq8oasI2oSbc1GTcmebtvv032BN0s70H0w6HiR0VpQRMkz7DtclEUy4VBrhDO/s660/Archive%20sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="277" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVNdzhL3SmPmQan2czoIYrDfcsUDD95OQdHeFDej5vacovFOsICTPa1UxdBEc4bvQNu4rTC-thDKgYt_jaPPOondzizPbjs_qbrIOe5yq2-tk3bDw1NGXpnHPq8oasI2oSbc1GTcmebtvv032BN0s70H0w6HiR0VpQRMkz7DtclEUy4VBrhDO/w269-h640/Archive%20sign.jpg" width="269" /></a></div>The Billericay Community Archive group was formed in 2010 in partnership with Essex County Council Libraries & the Essex Record Office, and funded by a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. It is run by the people of Billericay.<p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The Billericay Community Archive takes the form of an internet site, so that its content can be accessed from home computers, the <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">People’s Network</em> in Libraries around the county, and from a computer anywhere in the world.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The Community Archive gathers memories as well as copying photographs and other documents that relate to the history of the area. Billericay residents are being asked to share their memories and photographs of life, the town and the surrounding areas. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Do pay us a visit? www.BillericayCommunityArchive</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p></span></div><div><p></p></div>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-31734801644585358462024-01-28T20:57:00.008+00:002024-02-02T19:19:24.859+00:00TOP OF MY READING LIST AT THE MOMENT IS ANDREA J MILES' 'FAMOUS OCCULTISTS AND WITCHES'<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 2pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-line-height-alt: 10.05pt; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #5d6469; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Famous Occultists
and Witches - </span></b><b><span style="color: #1c1c1a; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">Their Biographies
and Birth Charts by </span></b><i><span style="color: #1c1c1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Spiegel; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt;">Andrea J Miles </span></i><span style="color: #1c1c1a;">Green magic publishing</span></span></p>
<p class="Default"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkB87igJ136MnWUtk5BVY0MtXDdEzKJX9FswwkYtKLOXliVZ3UzLA_NGQOrZb87NnY-C34xwivIiObENNRQ18FFIGXLVDgIgmbCZlH0loqn-qHswj4nKGMOZzNWbzEbz3I6LgaOsmQS57arE0tebKgXUAPVrVfDuVdd-gnoSRdSJTtvYmb-u6/s2921/ANDREA%20MILES%20cover.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2921" data-original-width="1952" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkB87igJ136MnWUtk5BVY0MtXDdEzKJX9FswwkYtKLOXliVZ3UzLA_NGQOrZb87NnY-C34xwivIiObENNRQ18FFIGXLVDgIgmbCZlH0loqn-qHswj4nKGMOZzNWbzEbz3I6LgaOsmQS57arE0tebKgXUAPVrVfDuVdd-gnoSRdSJTtvYmb-u6/w573-h522/ANDREA%20MILES%20cover.jpg" width="573" /></a></p><p class="Default"><span style="color: #1c1c1a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This quiet, studious study is an unexpected discovery, consisting
of well-researched biographies of famous and notorious witches and occultists
with ‘birth-charts’ thrown in. Of astrologers, ‘Cheiro’, Linda Goodman and the
witch Sybil Leek are numbered. Among the Wiccans are Gerald Gardner, Stewart
Farrar, Doreen Valiente, Scott Cunningham and Alex Sanders. Representing the
occultists is Dion Fortune, with Margaret Murray, Eric Maple and Cecil
Williamson (founder of the Museum of Witchcraft) as folklorists of occult and
witch lore. Helen Duncan (the last person to be imprisoned in Britain’s under
the Witchcraft Act of 1735) joins them too; but the star of this strange
constellation has to be the relatively little known George Pickingill (d.1909),
believed to have tutored Crowley and Gardner among others. Although he was a
farm labourer, he was feared by rural folk far beyond the Essex village of
Canewdon as a powerful ‘Cunning Man’ and an ancient wizard. </span></p><p class="Default"><span style="color: #1c1c1a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The life and works
of each character have a detailed coverage, supplemented with rare photos,
lists of relevant publications and material, and an astrological assessment. A
delightful read as well as a useful and handy reference for writers and
historians of the paranormal.</span></p>
<p class="Default"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-19393141250050502602024-01-27T19:08:00.005+00:002024-01-27T19:16:04.982+00:00CURRENT STUDIES LINKED TO THE 1951 FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN - THE MUSEUM OF ENGLISH RURAL LIFE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtL1ChdswZiIRn_79JhJ5ZDwGRWrwkhJKJF3tu-HgJchObRxf76EvCfS98NkCg0bwJGtfOHDAKsJiZM3_mV0xEs5Sw0Yy0DXNSVGKafo-0BJWibmcmieqzczTNG6qcsLGdygDPJyx2EGVKdiVlmuH-T6V1k2Iy6xikZMNHO1TqZN70Guw7bVJn/s1155/Festival%20of%20Britain%20logo%20symbol.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="770" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtL1ChdswZiIRn_79JhJ5ZDwGRWrwkhJKJF3tu-HgJchObRxf76EvCfS98NkCg0bwJGtfOHDAKsJiZM3_mV0xEs5Sw0Yy0DXNSVGKafo-0BJWibmcmieqzczTNG6qcsLGdygDPJyx2EGVKdiVlmuH-T6V1k2Iy6xikZMNHO1TqZN70Guw7bVJn/s320/Festival%20of%20Britain%20logo%20symbol.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Just lately, we have been watching a television programme sporting the symbol reminiscent of the Festival of Britain which many folk will remember took place in London in 1951</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #595959; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In 1948, the graphic designer Abram Games won a competition to create a logo for the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Festival of Britain</em>. His successful design featured Britannia, bunting, union jack colours, and a compass shape. It combined national pride and the idea of a seafaring superpower with the homely feel of a village fete. It has been reproduced here by another significant creative contributor to the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Festival</em>, the artist Michael O’Connell.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #595959; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">O’Connell produced a series of hangings for the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Festival of Britain</em>. It is not clear whether this piece was originally intended for use in the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Festival</em> or whether it was a test piece produced around the same time. O’Connell’s textile work was created using resist dye techniques and he worked with a studio team that included two young women, Betty and Iris Sheridan.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #595959; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">During the Second World War, Games completed many designs for the War Office. In contrast with his more jingoistic Festival logo, recurrent themes of labour, food security, and social justice run through his wider work. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #595959; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>His iconic logo design has recently been re-imagined yet again, this time by graphic designer Richard Littler, in his ‘Festival of Brexit Britain’ poster. </span><span>Michael O’Connell,</span><span> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Festival of Britain</em><span> </span><span>logo wall-hanging, circa 1951.</span></span></p><div class="figure" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #595959;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://merl.reading.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2021/01/Object_4_-_Festival_Logo_-_The_MERL-51_Voices.pdf" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #840544; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Read a more detailed examination of this collection object by Associate Director – Curatorial and Public Engagement, Isabel Hughes</em></a><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">, written as part of <a href="https://merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/online-exhibitions/51-voices" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #840544; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">The MERL’s 70th anniversary project, <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">51 Voices</span></a>.</em></span></div>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-1282173445301542122024-01-16T16:54:00.016+00:002024-01-20T13:43:20.341+00:00THE FUTURE BROKERS - A FABULOUS READ BY AUTHORS DAWN KNOX & COLIN PAYN (AMAZON)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">The Future Brokers</span></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">t’s 2050 and George Williams considers himself a lucky man. It’s a year since he—like millions of others—was forced out of his job by Artificial Intelligence. And a year since his near-fatal accident. But now, George’s prospects are on the way up. With a state-of-the-art prosthetic arm and his sight restored, he’s head-hunted to join a secret Government department—George cannot believe his luck.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />He is right not to believe it.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">George’s attraction to his beautiful boss, Serena, falters when he discovers her role in his sudden good fortune, and her intention to exploit the newly-acquired abilities he’d feared were the start of a mental breakdown.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />But, it turns out both George and Serena are being twitched by a greater puppet master and ultimately, they must decide whose side they’re on—those who want to combat Climate-Armageddon or the powerful leaders of the human race.</span></p><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Buy </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">The Future Brokers </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">today and find out about tomorrow!</span></div></div></div></div>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-29885450916183703612024-01-13T13:58:00.002+00:002024-01-13T13:59:02.360+00:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MIKE EDMONDS - ACTOR, SPEAKER AND A SUPERSONIC FRIEND <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpitxjekWR6DBr3q7j8jKUAVZH-9NnCHzIQYGqkaAwrSkwrvLTGG7em7YLO2tZU6arWjtJDJ3VGRCYkM8Uz98VFTwldtb_sgIYgUHRNKyC2JM_M5aVrENiWSOHFg2wDBbMbSMZs75OtICgNCzU6XuF7POCBQlHiZl_S8uJhu6lzXxO6SY8il4/s2480/Mike%20Edmonds%20article%20in%20Chelmsford%20City%20Times.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="2480" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpitxjekWR6DBr3q7j8jKUAVZH-9NnCHzIQYGqkaAwrSkwrvLTGG7em7YLO2tZU6arWjtJDJ3VGRCYkM8Uz98VFTwldtb_sgIYgUHRNKyC2JM_M5aVrENiWSOHFg2wDBbMbSMZs75OtICgNCzU6XuF7POCBQlHiZl_S8uJhu6lzXxO6SY8il4/w400-h259/Mike%20Edmonds%20article%20in%20Chelmsford%20City%20Times.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-59394898592819364272024-01-13T11:34:00.010+00:002024-02-01T10:59:40.558+00:00WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE WOMEN'S LIBRARY IN LONDON? <p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqkoUam7JqFHrp-ZBJjr_vDjDMb7tBzVsSp1mG8WmahQPAvLXwRPoAL4e-ymhxHB5dy_jBmnrWlfHUdd-WTGCNdTV48oC73D5lelJU3HEmI2bdXae89hAD7aSMf5zN-FUuJ-MPZPpPQ9rc3e_V_MegLnds-CxBhbqeuL2RZ7nffZuStHN8DMmk/s1360/LONDON%20SCHOOL%20OF%20ECONOMICS%20-%20WOMEN'S%20LIBRARY.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1360" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqkoUam7JqFHrp-ZBJjr_vDjDMb7tBzVsSp1mG8WmahQPAvLXwRPoAL4e-ymhxHB5dy_jBmnrWlfHUdd-WTGCNdTV48oC73D5lelJU3HEmI2bdXae89hAD7aSMf5zN-FUuJ-MPZPpPQ9rc3e_V_MegLnds-CxBhbqeuL2RZ7nffZuStHN8DMmk/w640-h360/LONDON%20SCHOOL%20OF%20ECONOMICS%20-%20WOMEN'S%20LIBRARY.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L S E<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #f6f6f6;">T</span>he Women’s Library in Houghton Street, London, is the oldest and largest library in Britain devoted to the history of women’s
campaigning and activism. It was officially inaugurated as the Library of the
London Society for Women’s Service in 1926 and it had two aims: to
preserve the history of the women’s suffrage movement and to provide a
resource for newly-enfranchised women to take their part in public life.</span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: rgb(246, 246, 246); margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; mso-line-height-alt: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #3a3d3f;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The deposit of books
and archives in the early decades bear witness to the activities of the
London Society and to the interests of its members, both as participants in the
campaigns of the women’s movement of their day, and as individuals following
their own professional pursuits. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: rgb(246, 246, 246); margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; mso-line-height-alt: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #3a3d3f;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Women’s Library
has had many homes and many names. It was renamed the Fawcett Library in 1953
in memory of Millicent Garrett Fawcett and then The Women’s Library in 2002. It
moved to the London School of Economics in 2013 and is a fascinating place to visit for all writers and researchers involved in women's literature.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="wDYxhc" data-hveid="CF4QAA" data-md="50" data-ved="2ahUKEwiN9tPa_ImEAxUfaEEAHVnmBDsQkCl6BAheEAA" lang="en-GB" style="background-color: white; clear: none; color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px;"><div class="PZPZlf hb8SAc" data-attrid="description" data-hveid="CF4QAQ" data-ved="2ahUKEwiN9tPa_ImEAxUfaEEAHVnmBDsQziAoAHoECF4QAQ" style="color: #4d5156; margin: 13px 0px 6px; overflow: hidden;"><div jsaction="SKAaMe:c0XUbe;rcuQ6b:npT2md" jscontroller="GCSbhd"><div class="kno-rdesc" jsaction="seM7Qe:c0XUbe;Iigoee:c0XUbe;rcuQ6b:npT2md" jscontroller="GCSbhd"><br /></div></div></div></div><p style="background: rgb(246, 246, 246); margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; mso-line-height-alt: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #3a3d3f;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="wDYxhc" data-attrid="kc:/local:located in" data-hveid="CFsQAA" data-md="142" data-ved="2ahUKEwiN9tPa_ImEAxUfaEEAHVnmBDsQ7216BAhbEAA" lang="en-GB" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px;"><div class="zloOqf pNrDqb" style="margin-top: 7px;"><span class="IRH78d" style="font-weight: bold; text-wrap: nowrap;">Located in:</span> <a href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=5ceeda242c85ec9d&rlz=1C1AWFC_enGB735GB735&sxsrf=ACQVn0_dyUji8b1pT0EjciFo9CiZzXMSKQ:1706784760076&q=London+School+of+Economics+and+Political+Science&ludocid=13669300729119815919&lsig=AB86z5WbWHECQII6kycOVJDPHTvr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiN9tPa_ImEAxUfaEEAHVnmBDsQ8G0oAHoECFsQAQ" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); color: #1a0dab; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">London School of Economics and Political Science</a></div></div><p style="background: rgb(246, 246, 246); margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; mso-line-height-alt: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #3a3d3f;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-83107186369201031132024-01-08T23:04:00.015+00:002024-01-22T21:22:36.048+00:00MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH OUR HIGH STREET BOOKSHOPS<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjz1sorMTHOX8ewrEUYO4B0QAEhJKUORNC4dpcmp1hVD8ihMvzgtFEoBF8pJQ0m_Q748eaAPyjgt5YPiVZFuPBY_-RNiMSKDDuy-nkN5Gh3S9bDrOBku2xOaFgnw72bLMMK52Sjl2M3pY0H3oOJsR8JiH9pbGCX2eflL9akBUnRwC1IXC0qRmB/s498/Ross%20Earney's%20snap%20Waterstones.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="425" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjz1sorMTHOX8ewrEUYO4B0QAEhJKUORNC4dpcmp1hVD8ihMvzgtFEoBF8pJQ0m_Q748eaAPyjgt5YPiVZFuPBY_-RNiMSKDDuy-nkN5Gh3S9bDrOBku2xOaFgnw72bLMMK52Sjl2M3pY0H3oOJsR8JiH9pbGCX2eflL9akBUnRwC1IXC0qRmB/w341-h400/Ross%20Earney's%20snap%20Waterstones.jpg" width="341" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Credit: Ross Earney, Waterstones Store Brentwood</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It's not only keen readers you'll find lurking in bookshops these days, but often an author or two who wrote some of the books displayed, including me, who enjoys visiting Waterstones, WH Smith and some independent bookshops in our High Street to talk to the managers and friendly staff who often invite me to sign my books. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Authors love seeing their books displayed in their relevant sections on the shelves. The only problem sometimes - only occasionally though - is that they are not filed in their appropriate genre. For instance, I found my latest title <i>'Brentwood in 50 Buildings' </i>(which is an historical tome all about the background of my favourite buildings in this town), was filed in the architectual section of one of the city's large bookshop. Never mind - at least it's available there and I have signed said book.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKCAgAMCUBYlFLuAO9sSMFIew1z6fiV_FG-B3qTDzCvPfZU0Q5cID0ABC6ExO5bclPGGhSK9H-AoSPUfJasfAO4cufseLN-wPUX0hnihXje9_Lo_O-uToz_ov4WNnoth8a3jhXFgU6GarK1EOubOQ6XfnP4n5eWGB5Qm6Es7mDDGy_02mJ5V-/s689/waterstones%20my%20books%20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="689" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKCAgAMCUBYlFLuAO9sSMFIew1z6fiV_FG-B3qTDzCvPfZU0Q5cID0ABC6ExO5bclPGGhSK9H-AoSPUfJasfAO4cufseLN-wPUX0hnihXje9_Lo_O-uToz_ov4WNnoth8a3jhXFgU6GarK1EOubOQ6XfnP4n5eWGB5Qm6Es7mDDGy_02mJ5V-/w108-h200/waterstones%20my%20books%20.jpg" width="108" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just a few of my 13 published books</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-69443842280792837332024-01-05T10:50:00.003+00:002024-01-05T17:53:16.545+00:00HOMAGE TO FILM ACTOR GLYNIS JOHNS WHOM I MET MANY YEARS AGO IN LONDON<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIKK5t6DzJ316IMYyh214Cx5_r9dV4qN3ZuhyYIKxgAGwxQuSwQd8nHbCpQzIfr6BKv2CNCdPGk9KFa30Ghvw5iYPC3kA6nS5qP9CE-YT1u8c9tXfaF1Jea2ZOacZ5ACL83aN-J-BJmvPYyqBMLzaLrD5x58AQyun4mwdI3YFXkyewpBu22VT/s845/GLynisJohns51%20commons.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="674" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIKK5t6DzJ316IMYyh214Cx5_r9dV4qN3ZuhyYIKxgAGwxQuSwQd8nHbCpQzIfr6BKv2CNCdPGk9KFa30Ghvw5iYPC3kA6nS5qP9CE-YT1u8c9tXfaF1Jea2ZOacZ5ACL83aN-J-BJmvPYyqBMLzaLrD5x58AQyun4mwdI3YFXkyewpBu22VT/w159-h200/GLynisJohns51%20commons.jpg" width="159" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So sad to learn of the passing today of one of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial;"> my favourite film actors, Glynis Johns, who celebrated her 100th birthday on 5 October last year. I met Glynis in London in the late 1950s when I worked for Colgate-Palmolive Inc (her husband (David Foster) was the president of the company) and I have now included her in the draft of my new book. </span></span><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Glynis was born in South Africa to another favourite actor of mine, her father, Mervyn Johns. Many films starring Glynis and Mervyn can be seen on the Talking Pictures A</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">rchive film and Television Channel that celebrates classic British film and TV movies - Freeview 82</span></p>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-53578622180410533092023-12-31T21:34:00.006+00:002024-01-07T15:56:57.325+00:00TIME'S UP - NEW YEAR AHEAD!<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Wishing you all a happy healthy New Year!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hbaGp9AVZkowp7FKFhIop9N1b9lW5sSnFki_rJoTHSvH73hXtHbA45iJhrAfVveYHwFfEKj9bjkwtVx37fdh8JxLYqXaGBTOL_UrKQe0TkN9x09F7NjAIykT2Tof29Xn7OCa8rwp-NBlA-uIHJzG1BS_7v7Tpl9sdD29fuQ-uoapVovbY7Ae/s990/London2.j%20big%20ben%20(3)%20(2017_08_14%2013_36_52%20UTC).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="990" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hbaGp9AVZkowp7FKFhIop9N1b9lW5sSnFki_rJoTHSvH73hXtHbA45iJhrAfVveYHwFfEKj9bjkwtVx37fdh8JxLYqXaGBTOL_UrKQe0TkN9x09F7NjAIykT2Tof29Xn7OCa8rwp-NBlA-uIHJzG1BS_7v7Tpl9sdD29fuQ-uoapVovbY7Ae/w400-h255/London2.j%20big%20ben%20(3)%20(2017_08_14%2013_36_52%20UTC).jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-23798887013544335762023-12-30T10:46:00.001+00:002023-12-30T10:47:20.710+00:00NEW YEAR AHEAD - MY EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF BLOGGING! WISHING ALL READERS A HAPPY NEW YEAR<p> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Now reprising some of my books that have brought me such great readers and new friends particularly over the last year. It was lovely to be invited to Waterstones in Brentwood last week by Ross, their Manager who has helped wonderfully in displaying and promoting Essex authors - so much appreciated. Wishing you all a healthy, happy 2024!</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7ve-c6u0Aklcji1dwXrGGDe-70u_BPM299dEfFh-5BZsF1DSJtkr7hFWiFnssphSdMVWpdIKZovHBzomXZpjZSGX4a78wiSZWvLVSOWNnhp73tQnlNBHDPAsn5DppQDDDKQaom-YskpESGPpb4bxA1gV69xwfT7KqyHQDlasaZ557l8-g3St/s891/Ross%20at%20Waterstones.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="842" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7ve-c6u0Aklcji1dwXrGGDe-70u_BPM299dEfFh-5BZsF1DSJtkr7hFWiFnssphSdMVWpdIKZovHBzomXZpjZSGX4a78wiSZWvLVSOWNnhp73tQnlNBHDPAsn5DppQDDDKQaom-YskpESGPpb4bxA1gV69xwfT7KqyHQDlasaZ557l8-g3St/s320/Ross%20at%20Waterstones.jpg" width="302" /></a></p><p><br /></p>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-48782424446492118172023-12-24T08:42:00.007+00:002023-12-24T08:44:38.734+00:00WISHING ALL MY READERS AND WRITERS A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS<p> </p><h3 class="post-title" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0.25em 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">CHRISTMAS PAST IN ESSEX BY ELIZABETH WALLACE</span></h3><div class="post-body" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11.05px;"><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"></p><div style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4w88zWQ4lqcFYknxgDs6L6NXhcFf2mpAaOA3M3Pxyu7YRk3KPjqeY5vpAZXwwoW2icWqzI-xC2ScVbzfAhSNiqTBVu4tReXvxXP6GSSIvucwT2RGefhZjOoj49T1F8ACsAYXB/s1600/Christmas+past+in+essex.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #448888; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4w88zWQ4lqcFYknxgDs6L6NXhcFf2mpAaOA3M3Pxyu7YRk3KPjqeY5vpAZXwwoW2icWqzI-xC2ScVbzfAhSNiqTBVu4tReXvxXP6GSSIvucwT2RGefhZjOoj49T1F8ACsAYXB/s1600/Christmas+past+in+essex.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 170); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">CHRISTMAS PAST IN ESSEX</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Once again Elizabeth Wallace's superb book is selling well in town. <em>Christmas Past in Essex</em> is fascinating. The author describes the life and times of the people in the county at this special time of the year. She outlines the life of the rich and the poor and how they celebrated. Many of the folk migrated to Essex from the London area and, of course, they brought with them their distinctive customs and traditions that are still used at Christmas-time.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Christmas Past in Essex offers the reader an extraordinary historical glimpse into lives of the people of Essex. From the little girl who fondly recalls her Christmases in an orphanage to Jack Bartlett, the Billericay postman who diligently delivered the post and then returned home to fall asleep over his Christmas dinner. There are scores of wonderful stories and excellent photographs, many of which have never before been published.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">As Elizabeth collected the wonderful memories and treasured photographs, she was mindful of the responsibility placed in her hands. To this end, she recorded the memoirs verbatim, and was therefore able to keep the individual’s voice and essence. There are more than 60 fascinating photographs, original artwork from Essex artists and over one hundred intriguing stories, customs and traditions contained in Christmas Past in Essex.</span><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Elizabeth hopes that readers will enjoy the stories and photographs contained in Christmas Past in Essex and in doing so will rekindle pleasant memories of their own Christmases that will be handed down to future generations.<br />Publisher: Tempus Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0752444635</span> £9.99</span></div></div>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-14642433656324444642023-12-21T18:29:00.003+00:002023-12-21T18:29:52.419+00:00WELCOMING NEW MEMBERS TO BRENTWOOD WRITERS' CIRCLE - NOW IN ITS 83RD YEAR<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPDOSqVUUOuE6kJo5-CUeK3BIwuQYdlBbd8aQpfwsUIXxMADUaaZfMY_45o6qJRc6jPF_A7YMg8jz_sWUZzwtuMTKL_-wklQf3bA87TUFNUhtQ9Ud9aawACB_NqmhurBiHVoeKCVmohoShiMIIfvHwWpUWRYf-NIaI2-NBkb8xuyU6saysexd/s3142/BWC%20Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3142" data-original-width="2209" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPDOSqVUUOuE6kJo5-CUeK3BIwuQYdlBbd8aQpfwsUIXxMADUaaZfMY_45o6qJRc6jPF_A7YMg8jz_sWUZzwtuMTKL_-wklQf3bA87TUFNUhtQ9Ud9aawACB_NqmhurBiHVoeKCVmohoShiMIIfvHwWpUWRYf-NIaI2-NBkb8xuyU6saysexd/w450-h640/BWC%20Poster.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23166823.post-78764602562908380782023-12-21T09:42:00.004+00:002023-12-21T09:43:13.711+00:00LOOKING AFTER OUR COMMUNITIES - ESSEX NEWS VIA POLICE DISPATCH NEWSLETTERS <p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> <i>As you may or may not be aware, Essex Police have Dispatch Newsletters which members of the public can sign up to. 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Recently, the <i>Hertfordshire Life Magazine</i> published my six-page article which so many people have enjoyed reading. </span><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sunday afternoon at 5pm is the high spot for this platform which is drawing in millions of viewers, particularly <em>The Footage Detectives. </em>Mike Read and Noel Cronin showing us some precious footage of films from long ago. Great slices of nostalgia. M</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">ore filming is taking place as we speak and the team at Talking Pictures has been filming more episodes of</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><em style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Footage Detectives</em><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> this week. </span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><div><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><h3 style="background-color: #f6f6f6; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: auto;">You can watch Talking Pictures TV on Virgin 445, Freesat 306, Freeview or Youview 82 or on the Sky digital satellite platform, channel 328.</h3></span></div></div><div style="clear: both; padding-bottom: 0.25em;"></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"></p></div><p class="post-footer" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.05px; margin: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999966; display: block; float: left; text-align: left;">posted by Sylvia Kent @ <a href="http://sylviakent.blogspot.com/2022/01/small-slices-of-film-and-televsion.html" style="color: #448888;" title="permanent link">1:39 PM</a></span></p><div><br /></div><p></p>Sylvia Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340145740286368529noreply@blogger.com0