Author: Janet Fizz Curtis

I am still looking for ways to celebrate 110 years of Ginner-Mawer. Several people have commented that a meet-up would be nice. While it is a good idea, I don’t have the energy to organise anything, or at least nothing big. However, yesterday, while deep in to my Miss Mawer research,

Hi Everyone – just a quick reminder that next year will be the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama. The first classes were held in rooms at the Royal Albert Hall in London.  Miss Fogerty’s Central School was also there.  Both Schools were

My Quest is drawing ever-nearer to its conclusion. Over the last five years I have done a lot of research into how to self-publish a book, and everyone, but everyone, says that it is necessary to have a professional editor. So off I trot, emailing a few editors that I

It was lovely to meet Dr Charlotte Purkis last week.  Charlotte has been one of the instrumental people during my search for Miss Mawer and I am very grateful to her.  At the moment, I am near Cambridge, so Charlotte and I met for lunch at my very old stomping

My intention is to create a set of books about Irene Mawer.  The first will be the biography, and the second will be a collection of press cuttings. The second one has actually been more or less finished for several months and I just couldn’t wait any longer to see

You may be wondering why it has taken, and continues to take, such a long time for me to finish this biography?  Here is a photo which I thought might go a little way to explaining my Irene Mawer journey.  (Please read this in a light-hearted spirit, I’m explaining –

Three modern versions of the masks of the Ancient Greek Chorus.  These are in the museum at Amfissa, which is in Greece, very close to Delphi.   Irene Mawer was awarded the Freedom of Amfissa in 1948 after she and Ruby Ginner raised a huge amount of money to help repair

If Irene Mawer were still alive, she would be due to turn 132 on Thursday (13th March). Irene was born in Wandsworth (near London) in 1893 and lived in that general area for all of her youth.  She attended Putney High School – which she loved, and she acted in

I had wanted to know (and still want to know) about the time in 1948 when Irene Mawer and Ruby Ginner were awarded the Freedom of the town of Amfissa, in Greece.  This was as a thank you for raising a large amount of money to help with repairs after