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  • October 18, 2021 Janet Fizz Curtis

    ***Lavender Yates*** Tim *** message***

    MESSAGE FOR TIM. Please can you contact me again?  The email address that I have for you does not respond

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  • April 28, 2026 webmaster

    Typo

    Typo. A typo (short for typographical error) is a small, unintentional mistake made while typing or printing text, such as

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  • black text on white page listing some of the contents of the autobiography
    April 21, 2026 webmaster

    A Lie-in.

    This morning I stayed in bed until about 8 am – which is a huge lie-in for me. Apart from

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  • a pub on the bank of a river, water in the foreground.
    April 7, 2026 webmaster

    Part 4 – Where is Miss Mawer’s Heraldic Lion?

    When Miss Mawer visited the lion, where was it? Why did she go there? And what did the lion look

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  • Irene Mawer, sitting.
    March 31, 2026 webmaster

    Part 3 – The Lion (and the witch, not forgetting the wardrobe)

    C S Lewis is, to many people, a children’s author; he wrote the Chronicles of Narnia tales, which includes The

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  • photo of the stone coronet from the head of the Heraldic Lion statue
    March 24, 2026 webmaster

    Part 2 – A Heraldic Mullet

    In my previous blog post, I wrote about Miss Mawer sitting on a life-sized, stone lion and that Toby had

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  • photo of a statue of a lion, carved in stone, wearing a coronet.
    March 17, 2026 webmaster

    The Godstow Heraldic Lion

    Deep in the Irene Mawer Archives (otherwise known as ‘the old biscuit tin in the attic’) there lies a lovely

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  • March 10, 2026 webmaster

    A Lost Strand

    What does the word ‘mime’ mean to you? For many people, it suggests silence: a performer with a white face,

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  • screenshot showing a paragraph of manuscript. Paragraph is highlighted in blue.
    March 3, 2026 webmaster

    Paraphrasing

    In a previous blog post, I wrote about how I was working hard at self-editing, cutting the number of words

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June 21, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Irresistible Theatre. 13 November 1937

Rochdale Observer 13 Nov 1937 The Irresistible Theatre The attached photo shows newspaper cuttings, which Irene Mawer had carefully preserved in her book of press cuttings. There are two clippings, the first is entitled The Vagabond King and I can not find any connection to Irene Mawer in it. This

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June 14, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

L’Enfant Prodigue. November 1937

The Stage, London. 4 November 1937 This tiny clipping is a notice of a forthcoming mime play, called L’Enfant Prodigue – the role for which Irene Mawer was most famous. The show was due to run for six public performances, plus one private performance at which the funds raised would

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June 7, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Review of Mime Parade. June 1937

Unknown newspaper Approx 13th June 1937 Review Mime Parade The performance was held at the Aldwych Theatre, in London on 13th June 1937, and was put on by the Institute of Mime. The first item was part of the mime play L’Enfant Prodigue – which was the play that Irene

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May 31, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Heaven Spare Us! 14 June 1937

Daily Sketch, London 14 June 1937 Heaven Spare Us! This is a neat little review of the Mime Parade, at the Aldwych Theatre. Part of the review reads ‘the expert touch given to these five mimes ancient and modern was in large measure due to the exquisite example of the

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May 24, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Princess Marie Louise. 5 June 1937

Aberdeen Evening Express 5 Jun 1937 Princess Marie Louise. Following on from my most recent blog posts, this is a newspaper clipping dealing with a forthcoming performance at the Aldwych Theatre on 13 June 1937. Fresh information is revealed with the notice that the performance, which is under the auspices

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  • Typo
  • A Lie-in.
  • Part 4 – Where is Miss Mawer’s Heraldic Lion?
  • Part 3 – The Lion (and the witch, not forgetting the wardrobe)
  • Part 2 – A Heraldic Mullet
  • The Godstow Heraldic Lion
  • A Lost Strand
  • Paraphrasing
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