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My ‘Godmother’s Tale’ at Crystal Palace Festival was well received last Saturday, though having listened to all the other storytellers I can see where it could be better. Read it here. I’m not sure I will ever tell it again, … Continue reading
It’s Crystal Palace Overground Festival tomorrow and the Storytelling tent will be open for business. You can find us on the edge of the Family Zone, just behind the Youth Takeover sound stage. Nearly six months in the planning, with … Continue reading
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Preparations for the Storytelling tent at Crystal Palace Festival move on apace. Specifically, this last weekend, creating the physical setting for Storytelling. We have a bona fide Bedouin tent and lots of speculation about a magnificent Storytelling Chair. The tent … Continue reading
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So to the current exhibition at the British Museum – Hokusai beyond the Great Wave (£12 entry, concessions £10). Katsushika Hosukai, also known as Iitsu and Gakyo Rojin Manji, was a painter from Edo (modern-day Tokyo) painting in late eighteenth … Continue reading
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Dame Hilary Mantel has begun recording this year’s BBC Reith Lectures on historical writing. I am particularly interested in hearing them, not just because Mantel is one of our foremost writers, but because of the recent discussion in The Past … Continue reading
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