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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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January 15, 2020 Biography / Blog / Mime

DURLING SCHOOL CERTIFICATE

Here is one of my certificates from when I was trained in the Irene Mawer method of mime and movement. My teacher was Mrs Nora Durling, of Leeds, England.

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December 19, 2019 Biography / Blog / Mime

MISS MAWER’S CHAIR

Me!  Sitting in Irene Mawer’s chair, reading one of her mime books.   Irene Mawer (1893-1962).

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December 11, 2019 Biography / Blog / Mime

JANE MAY

Jane May, a French woman, was a world famous mime around 1900. I would like to know more about her. Please get in touch if you know of her.

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December 11, 2019 Biography / Blog / Mime

EFFIE STEWART WILLIAMS

Effie Stewart Williams (1887-1995) was a dancer. She had anatomical expertise and helped with the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama. If you have heard of Effie, please contact me.

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December 11, 2019 Biography / Blog / Mime

DOROTHY GLOVER

Dorothy Glover worked with Irene Mawer and wrote a book of music for mime (see photo). Have you ever heard of Dorothy Glover (from England, I presume)?

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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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