Sad News John Clegg
One of our long term members John Clegg died peacefully, aged 90 on 2nd August’24 at Dovecote View. He was an actor, best remembered for playing the part of Gunner ‘Paderewski‘ Graham…
Edna O’Brien 1930-2024
The Irish novelist, Edna O’Brien has died at the age of 93. She published novels, short stories, plays and biographies.Her novel Country Girls (1960) was banned in Ireland for…
Booker Prize 2023
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch won the ’23 Booker Prize. An Irish writer describing the plight of a woman trying to protect her family in an Ireland descending into totalitarianism.
Nobel Literature Prize ’23
Jon Fosse, a Norwegian author and dramatist has been awarded the Nobel Literature prize for “giving voice to the unsayable”.
Martin Amis 1949-2023
The novelist Martin Amis has died in Florida of oesophageal cancer. He is best known for his novels Money (1984) and London Fields (1989). He published 15 novels plus some…