They say it’s
who you know that counts. Well, having written for Buckinghamshire Life for a
few years I am delighted to report that the Editor has not only agreed to
sponsor this year’s BeaconLit Festival but also to appear as one of our keynote
speakers. I’ll be interviewing Janice Raycroft about her work and journalist
career. If you haven’t already booked your ticket, log onto www.beaconlit.co.uk before the end of May
for a great deal.
Following a
recent Press Day at Waddesdon Manor, my review of A Closer Look: Spotlight on
French Royal Furniture by Jean-Henri Riesener has been published in The Lady. Also
on the arts front, my latest Vale Life subject is the fabulously talented
textile artist Barbara Shaw and for Hampshire Life Katie Gibbs’ artist profile
appears in the June edition. Buckinghamshire Life includes my Bucks Open
Studios feature and an interview with Lynne Hamilton of Hamiltons Canine
Hydrotherapy.
I’m off to
Stowe Landscape Gardens later to do some Capability Brown research and looking
forward to a bumper crop of Press Days during June. And did you know about my
Opinions and Pearls blog? The forbidding Lady Margaret Gosworthy-Pringle is
somewhat forthright in her old school views and is currently sharing her
thoughts about subservience. Or lack of. Ooh, what freedom writers gain via
a pseudonym!
