The history of the travelling circus like that of travelling fairs has a long and intriguing history. In Devon, the annual circus visits played a vital role in bringing the exotic outside world into the lives of the pre-television and cinema populations of rural communities. Perhaps the most well-known was Chipperfield’s circus. Another big name… Read more »
New Workshop details for 2025 – Monday August the 4th and Friday September 26th ‘Back Along the Tracks’ New Workshop details for 2025 – Monday August the 4th at Newton Abbot Museum and Friday September 26th at Tavistock Library. Contact details for Newton Abbot Museum: Newton Abbot Museum is located at Newton’s Place, Wolborough Street, Newton… Read more »
Newton Abbot Library – June the 9th. this is a fundraising workshop for the library. <newtonabbot.library@librariesunlimited.org.uk> A few suggestions for interesting background reading from a friend of the library volunteer <https://www.railwaystudies.org.uk/> : Branch Line Memories Vol 1 Great Western Railway by R. Hobbs. The great days of the GWR by David St John Thomas and… Read more »
When you are trying to encourage others to experiment with creative writing the fear of ‘failing’ or not creating a perfect piece can be a discouraging factor for aspiring writers. So, sharing pieces that you have created and are far from perfect is a way of enabling others to ‘have a go’ and not be… Read more »
Going to see the most recent Bridget Jones film made me remember all the fun that I had writing this spoof blog in 2010. Secret Diary of Cherry Lockheart a Corset Lover –Continued again Thursday Well, it took me all Wednesday to decide that Hunter hadn’t really winked at me, but it must be that… Read more »
February and March 2025 – Feedback from transforming the real life stories of local 19th century miners into fiction with a global appeal workshops “Fascinating, as ever. Well-paced, plenty of time to think, and share, great hand-outs.” (K.W.) “Interesting, fast moving + confidence building.” (S.J.) “Very informative + entertaining. Excellent workshop.” (Anon participant) “Very useful…. Read more »
SBG24 WRITING COMPETITION RESULTS (4) For more information about writers in education check out: <https://www.nawe.co.uk/contact.html>
Gayla Groom explains that she is, “book editor; here’s my portfolio. I put this new book together by reading through five volumes of collections of “wit” from the 1700s and 1800s, on archive.org. None of these had ever been digitized, and some of them still used those s’s that look like f’s; the OCR… Read more »
Judith, who lives in Tavistock, Devon has just published her Memoirs of a Harrow Childhood she explains that it, “took me on a journey into my past life, growing up in Harrow-on-the-Hill between 1943 and 1961 and my life as a daughter of a housemaster at Harrow School, a world-renowned boy’s public school founded… Read more »
