Category: Biography

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 –