Mime – Irene Mawer – Mime, Movement, and Voice

the front cover of the book, showing a black and white photo of a woman, the title of the book, and the name of the author.

My Book is Published!

After seven years of blood, sweat, and literal tears – I have written and self-published a book. Available for sale on my website (this one you are currently on), or on Amazon – but it is more expensive there. So absolutely proud and happy. I hope I have done good

man wearing a t-shirt showing the front cover of a book about Miss Mawer

May 12, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / Uncategorized / voice

Celebrating Miss Mawer

Thank you to my husband Andy! Take a close look at the t-shirt, he bought two – one for him and one for me. He couldn’t wait for the official book launch, ha ha ha. The ebook is all ready and finished. We are just awaiting the set-up of the

the front cover of a book, showing the name of the subject and the name of the author, plus an oval-shaped black and white photo of a woman

May 5, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

Nearly Here!

The book is finished and will be available for purchase as soon as I can get the website set up for it. Yay! E-book first, then printed book in a few months time. Thanks for being so patient.

April 28, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / Uncategorized

Typo

Typo. A typo (short for typographical error) is a small, unintentional mistake made while typing or printing text, such as misspelled words, missing letters, or transposed characters Common examples include “teh” for “the” or “manager” for “manage”. Please help me out – I need another 32 people to each read

black text on white page listing some of the contents of the autobiography

April 21, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / Uncategorized

A Lie-in.

This morning I stayed in bed until about 8 am – which is a huge lie-in for me. Apart from the fact I like to get up early, for the past few years I haven’t wanted to lie in bed, because my book was calling to me. Today is a

a pub on the bank of a river, water in the foreground.

April 7, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime

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 like? Well, let’s take that last question first. The best photo (and the photos are pretty scarce) was taken by well-known and respected photographer, Eric de Mare, and can be

March 31, 2026 Biography / Blog / Mime

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 Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Aslan is a powerful king; a wise lion who features heavily in the books – representing goodness, justice and sacrifice. Folklore has it that

photo of the stone coronet from the head of the Heraldic Lion statue

March 24, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime

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 done detective work to find out where the statue was located. Toby’s methodology was absolutely fascinating – he saw loads of clues in the photo, things that I hadn’t even

photo of a statue of a lion, carved in stone, wearing a coronet.

March 17, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime

The Godstow Heraldic Lion

Deep in the Irene Mawer Archives (otherwise known as ‘the old biscuit tin in the attic’) there lies a lovely photo, probably taken in the 1930s. It shows Miss Mawer sitting side-saddle on a stone lion. I didn’t know where it was taken and no-one else had a clue either.

March 10, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime

A Lost Strand

What does the word ‘mime’ mean to you? For many people, it suggests silence: a performer with a white face, isolated in a pool of light, communicating through gesture alone. But Irene Mawer (1893-1962) developed a very different strand of the silent art – one that was rigorous, literary, and