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…
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…
Diaries and Letters – Kevin Maynard
Kevin gave a very enjoyable illustrated presentation on Diaries and Letters Dashed off Day by Day for our March ’23 meeting. The writings of Pepys, Boswell, Waugh and Walpole and…
Iceland in Three Stories – James Vaux
James began our February ’23 talk with a little background on the main geographical features of Iceland with its lack of trees (chopped down by Vikings), and situated on…
Aubrey Beardsley – John Smith
John Smith, the manager of Chichester’s Oxfam bookshop gave us a fascinating talk on Aubrey Beardsley, (1872-1898) the Brighton born book illustrator who died young (at 25) and was…