Category Archives: London

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South London Festivals Galore

No sooner than the Clapham Book Festival is ended (and I repair off to Jerez for the Feria) than preparation is underway for the next Festival – Crystal Palace Overground. All the curators got together last week to run through … Continue reading

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Carol Robertson – Stars at Flowers

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To Cork Street and the Flowers Gallery for a private view of Pointstar the new exhibition by Carol Robertson, which runs from 3rd May to 3rd June. As a member of the London Society I first came across Ms Robertson as … Continue reading

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Relax

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It’s over for another year. Clapham Book Festival 2017 can be consigned to history (at least it can be once the de-briefing meeting is over and a report compiled ). It was tremendous to do and to take part in … Continue reading

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Interesting Lives

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It fell to me to introduce Spies Under the Bed the third session of the afternoon at the Clapham Book Festival. Andrew Lownie, biographer of Guy Burgess, Jane Thynne, creator of the fictional spy Clara Vine and Rick Stroud, chronicler … Continue reading

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Death and The Past

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The buzz of conversation diminished as the room emptied and the doors to the theatre closed behind the first set of writers as they took the stage for Death in the Afternoon. Natasha Cooper, Sabine Durrant, Annemarie Neary and JP … Continue reading