Around 50 members and guests gathered at the National Liberal Club for the Society’s summer gathering on the last day of June. The tea was preceded by adjudications of recent Society’s competitions, including the annual Elizabeth Longford Poetry competition, judged by Cathy Galvin. The 2016 trophy was awarded to Finola Holiday for her poignant love poem, ‘Lines Written on the Eve of a Departure for Siberia’.
After the tea, guest speaker Michelle Magorian gave a talk highlighting the many ways a story can be told, as her children’s book ‘Good night Mr Tom’ has been adapted for TV and transformed into a stage musical, each version requiring its own special additions and amendments to suit the medium. Michelle’s acting background shone through as she performed and sang, before answering members’ questions about her life, research methods and career.
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