“Max” Gill – Caroline Walker
Our June ’23 talk ‘Discovering MacDonald Gill’ was presented by Caroline Walker, his great-niece. Caroline Walker’s grandfather was one of the other Gill brothers. The most famous of these was, of…
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…
Flora Thompson: John Owen Smith
On the Trail of Flora Thompson (1876-1947) – John Owen Smith. May’23 John Owen Smith gave us a fascinating talk on the author of Lark Rise to Candleford. As a…
Caroline Walker
We welcome back Caroline Walker for our May ’24 meeting. She is a great- niece of Macdonald “Max” Gill. This time she will speak on Nursery Rhymes of Old London…
Rudyard Kipling – Travels in Rajasthan
Elizabeth Merry began her April ’23 talk by recalling her childhood love of The Jungle Book and Kipling’s own illustrations with his bottom of the page signature Ark symbol. Kipling…