Helga Bejach

Helga Bejach was a little girl who was forced to leave Germany at the start of the Second World War.  Her mother had died sometime previously, so it was her father who made the difficult decision to send Helga and her sister, Irene, away, hopefully to keep them safe.  Helga’s

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Sherry Party

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,

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Reminder – 110

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

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Editors and Book Covers

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

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Changing History

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

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