Page to Screen – Literary Bio-Pics
On May 1st Ellen Cheshire took us on a fascinating journey through the many films that have been made on the lives of writers from Shakespeare to Dickens and the…
Speaking Volumes
Speaking Volumes – Audio-books : Gordon Griffin Gordon gave us a very entertaining talk on his work with audio-books describing how a young Geordie lad from Byker came, in…
Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes to the Cottingley Fairies
On Wednesday 6th February Professor Douglas Kerr (author of Conan Doyle. Writing, Profession, and Practice) gave a wide-ranging and entertaining talk on that prodigious whirlwind of contradictions, Sir Arthur Conan…
Women Abroad
Elizabeth Cassie put her theatrical training to great effect at the February meeting when she gave an entertaining talk to the Society on ‘English Women Abroad’. She began by reminding…
‘Words’ – Readings on ‘Entertainment’
Our annual ‘Words’ meeting was well attended with eleven members presenting personal choices. Their readings ranged from the familiar to the unknown and were, as our theme stated, very entertaining….