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IRVING FINKEL – on the world’s oldest way of writing at Swindon Festival of Literature
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...
Elizebeth St. John visits her ancestral home at Lydiard Park.
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...
Hilary Bradt at the Swindon Festival of Literature
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?...
Swindon Festival of Literature Poetry Slam
A picture gallery from the 2017 Swindon Festival of Literature Poetry Slam. Gallery: 5647 ©Calyx Picture Agency Swindon Festival of Literature 2017 Slam 5656 ©Calyx Picture Agency Swindon Festival of Literature 2017 Slam 5659 ©Calyx Picture Agency Swindon Festival of...
New allotments & play area for Tadpole Garden Village
Tadpole Garden Village allotments and a play area was opened with a community gathering a ribbon cutting and an Easter Egg hunt. There was even a chance to plant some Sunflowers too. The event celebrated the opening of allotments and play parks at Crest Nicholson’s...
Retro visit by the Royal Scot.
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...