Giavera War Grave, Italy
In a few days time, I will visit the grave of Robert Jacomb Norris Dale, Irene Mawer’s first husband. Robert was killed in action very close to the end of World War One. He died ...
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Ruby Ginner Awards 2024
Milton Keynes, 3 November 2024 I was extremely pleased and honoured to be invited to the Ruby Ginner Awards. I had never been before and it was an extremely interesting day. The event is held ...
Mime Time at the WI
Yorkshire Weekly Herald, 8 March 1935 The National Federation of Women’s Institutes (more regularly known as the WI) organised a one-day School of Mime in York. The reviewer held that the day was a success ...
1916 – Birth of the Ginner-Mawer School
By the time this article was published in 1933, Classical Greek Dance (which was known as Revived Greek Dance) would be approximately 20 years old – with many of the early years being spent in ...
Successful Recital of Mime
Successful Recital of Mime unknown newspaper, 1928 In the lead up to Christmas, Miss Mawer presented a long and varied programme of mime. The reviewer felt that the evening’s entertainment was perhaps a little over-done, ...