IRVING FINKEL – on the world’s oldest way of writing Cuneiform script, on tablets of clay, traces its roots back to 3,200 BC when, for the first time ever, someone came up with the idea of writing! The choice of clay as writing medium in ancient Mesopotamia meant that records of all kinds could survive […]
IRVING FINKEL – on the world’s oldest way of writing at Swindon Festival of Literature Read More »
ELIZABETH ST JOHN – on loyalty, family bonds, love, and betrayal in the decadent Stuart Court. What was life like for Lucy St John, a beautiful orphaned girl of English high society in the early days of the rule of James 1, times of glittering pageantry and cutthroat ambition, when the most dangerous thing one
Elizebeth St. John visits her ancestral home at Lydiard Park. Read More »
HILARY BRADT – an illustrated talk on the reluctant solo traveller. What does travel mean to you? Why do we do it? Have you ever been a reluctant solo traveller? Or have you stayed at home when a partner or companion dropped out, but cursed your lack of courage? Author, editor, and publisher of numerous
Hilary Bradt at the Swindon Festival of Literature Read More »
Swindon Station had a retro moment yesterday as platform 3 was transformed into what could be a film set, when Royal Scot stopped for 10 minutes, as part of its tour round the south of England. The recently rebuilt loco, a challenger to the GWR Kings superiority, was on its way back to Horsham from
Retro visit by the Royal Scot. Read More »
I was hunting down some negatives for the next feature in the Swindon Heritage Magazine when I came across a sheet marked Katherine Thomas on DMJ. and scribbled was the add “American music star returns home”. With a bit of help from Darrel Moody at the Central Library Local Studies department we uncovered an article
The Great Kat is from Swindon. Read More »
The Central Library played host to World Woman’s Day. Gallery of images:
World Woman’s Day Swindon Central Library. Read More »
Swindon Borough Council is announcing the results of a competition designed to attract articles from young people suitable for inclusion in the new SBC web site: thedockswindon.co.uk. A first cash prize of £200 donated by the PCC for Swindon and Wiltshire is just one of several prizes to be announced. 15 entries were received and
William Gosling V.C. centenary celebrations. William Gosling V.C. (1892 – 1945) William Goslingwas born on 15th August 1892 in Wanborough, Wiltshire, one of four children to farmer Albert Gosling and his wife Elizabeth. After his education at the village school he worked alongside his father as a wheat farmer. Following his father’s death in a
The Swindon Stroke Association fun run took place in Lydiard Park on Sunday morning. Gallery:
The Stroke Association fun run in Lydiard Park Read More »
The Swindon Festival of Literature enters it’s twenty fourth year on May 1st and at the Central Library Festival director Matt Holland unveiled the festival programme. Gallery by Rachel Davis:
It’s back. Swindon Festival of Literature launched. Read More »
