‘Kings and Queens and Things’ by Ms Paige Turner It was my good fortune to attend an open air production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in Hampshire. My great niece was following in her great aunt’s acting shoes and playing the part of Titania, Queen of the Fairies. Princess Meghan (for that is my great […]
Kings and Queens and Things …
03/08/2019 // by Jan Moran Neil
Dear Michael Collins …
20/07/2019 // by Jan Moran Neil
‘Dear Michael Collins …’ by Ms Paige Turner Dear Michael Collins, On my fifteenth birthday, Monday 21st July 1969, I got up in the early hours to watch your co-mates (and brothers in a somewhat earthly exile) walk the walk of our moon’s surface. What a lot of work the moon has done for me […]
Fairy Tales and Orange Lilies …
12/07/2019 // by Jan Moran Neil
Fairy Tales and Orange Lilies by Ms Paige Turner The second of the Creative Ink for Writers’ evening workshops on the theme of ‘Keys’ took place in Amersham on July 3rd. We were looking at fairy tales to unlock the secrets of storytelling structure. Like WHO are we talking about, WHERE are, WHEN is this […]
Shaking Our Spines Out …
29/06/2019 // by Jan Moran Neil
Shaking Out Our Spines … by Ms Paige Turner Seven of my cohorts from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama met up in our seventh decade at Fifth View, Waterstones, Piccadilly. I’m not quite sure how it exactly happened but I guess it might be a result of semi or near retirement with […]
Touch of 64 Up Seasoning
15/06/2019 // by Jan Moran Neil
‘Touch of 64 Up Seasoning’ by Ms Paige Turner Last May 2018, ten former pupils from my primary school met up after 53 years. We did a tour of the Ark Oval Infant and Junior school where our education began in 1959. We are just one year older than Michael Apted’s ‘7 Up’ documentary series […]
A Sad Day for Hungry Tigers …
26/05/2019 // by Jan Moran Neil
‘A Sad Day for Hungry Tigers …’ by Ms Paige Turner Last Thursday 23rd May, writer and illustrator Dame Judith Kerr (95) died. For thirty years, on and off, I’ve been reading her ‘Tiger who came to Tea’ to my daughter Miss Trial and then to my two year old granddaughter Princess Maddie Moo. Both […]
Keys to Wycombe Abbey
10/05/2019 // by Jan Moran Neil
‘Keys to Wycombe Abbey’ by Ms Paige Turner Continuing with the Creative Ink theme of ‘Keys’ this year, I’ve spent a few days reading the Wycombe Abbey students’ entries for their 2019 Short Story Competition. I was then invited to read my Judge’s Report last night and announce the winners, whilst dining and then serving […]
For the Silent
03/05/2019 // by Jan Moran Neil
‘For the Silent’ by Ms Paige Turner … I’m honoured to be in the same poetry anthology as Simon Armitage, Margaret Atwood, Ted Hughes, Philip Gross as well as Dawn Bauling and the editor Ronnie Goodyer of Indigo Dreams Publishing in aid of ‘The League against Cruel Sports’. The ‘For the Silent’ collection is available […]
‘Priceless Themes’ …
22/04/2019 // by Jan Moran Neil
‘Priceless Themes’ by Ms Paige Turner Arthur Miller always placed his theme at the top of every A4 sheet of paper he was typing. ‘Theme’ is the core of a piece of writing: this Miller knew well and took great pains to encapsulate his theme not only in every sheet of paper but in his […]
Funny Men …
06/04/2019 // by Jan Moran Neil
‘Funny Men’ – Blog 213 by Ms Paige Turner … There’s a theatre about 20 minutes from Africa’s toe, overlooking Kalk Bay which has a restaurant that overlooks an intimate performance space and 72 of the most comfortable audience seats imaginable. It’s a good view whichever way you look during your pre-theatre meal. The theatre […]