Posted in Books and poetry, Dulwich Landmarks, Local History, South London, tagged Dulwich Landmarks, Enid Blyton, Lordship Lane, Southwark Blue Plaques on July 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
by Angie Macdonald
I was four when I fell in love with Enid Blyton. With her books and characters, to be exact. It started with Noddy and Big Ears and from there I graduated to The Secret Seven, The Famous Five and adventure stories like The Rockingdown Mystery and The Treasure Hunters. Before I [...]
Posted in Around Dulwich, Art, Books and poetry, Community, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Events, Local History, South London, What's On, tagged Dulwich, Dylwich College, Canaletto, campanile, Jan Piggott, The Stonemason's Yard on June 27, 2008 | No Comments »
The Clock Tower at Dulwich College
by Dr J R Piggott, former Keeper of Archives, Dulwich College and author of ‘Dulwich College A History’
Canaletto’s painting THE STONEMASON’S YARD (1728) at THE NATIONAL GALLERY (right) in London shows the prominent campanile of S Maria della Carità at Venice. Although the magnificent tower had collapsed in 1744 – the [...]
Posted in Books and poetry, Competitions & Offers, tagged prize draw, Dulwich OnView, The Blue Book on June 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Christopher Bowden, author of The Blue Book, has very kindly donated three signed copies of his novel for our June prize draw.
All you have to do to stand a chance of winning a copy is to add a relevant comment to any article on Dulwich OnView. We will pick the names of three commenters at [...]
Posted in Around Dulwich, Books and poetry, Interviews, Local History, tagged one eye grey, london legends, mermaids, ravens, ghosts, south east london folklore society on June 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Mermaids in the Lido, ghosts in Peckham, spooky ravens in Anerly Hill – there’s a whole new side to south London out there, if you know where to look. Anna Sayburn talks to London folklore expert and ‘penny dreadful’ editor Chris Roberts about the weirder side of life.
I met Chris when I turned up for [...]
Posted in Books and poetry, Competitions & Offers, tagged Dulwich, South London, Christopher Bowden, The Blue Book, The Yellow Book, local authors, writing on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Local author, Christopher Bowden, has recently published his first novel, The Blue Book. He tells Dulwich OnView about his inspiration for the book and the writing process.
The Plot
The Blue Book is set partly in south London. It is the story of the chance discovery of a mysterious note inside a secondhand book, sending thirty-something [...]
Posted in Books and poetry, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Family Activities, Film, Theatre & Music, Past Events, Uncategorized, tagged GalleryFilm, Children's book festival, Village books, Age of Innocence on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »
On Monday - an American film, ‘The Age of Innocence’ introduced by the United States Cultural Attaché
And next weekend - a Children’s Book Festival
No one can say our events are not diverse!
Follow the links for all information
Posted in Books and poetry, Interviews, Politics, Reviews, South London People, tagged dulwich authors, Jungle Capitalists, Peter Chapman on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Angela Corrias spoke to local Dulwich author Peter Chapman about his book Jungle Capitalists, an in-depth look at globalisation and the banana trade.
Every era has its own buzzword, and in the contemporary world this is globalisation. The controversial relations between a globalised economy and domestic politics is explained in Peter Chapman’s last book, “Jungle Capitalists”, [...]
Posted in Art, Books and poetry, New work - Exclusives, Reviews, What's On, tagged breast cancer haven, Jenni Murray, Kathy Lette, Stella Rimington, tess barnes, valerie amos, Women of Substance on February 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Tess Barnes, a local artist, gives us the who what why where when and how about herself and her one woman exhibition: ‘Women of Substance’ is sponsored by First Direct and runs at the Mall Galleries 25 February – 1 March 2008
Who?
One rainy afternoon at Chelsea Art College the tutor called out… ‘draw each other’. After [...]
Posted in Books and poetry, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Interviews, tagged artist, author, cartoonist, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Gemma Bovery, Madame Bovary, Posy Simmonds, Tamara Drewe on January 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Angela Corrias interviews author and illustrator Posy Simmonds at Dulwich Picture Gallery
The first thing you notice about Posy Simmonds is that her eyes don’t stop smiling. No matter what you ask or tell her, you will have the impression she’s not taking you seriously. It’s when you start delving into her books that her direct [...]
Posted in Around Dulwich, Books and poetry, New work - Exclusives, Rude bits, tagged Babies in Buggies, Dulwich, Hylda Sims, Nappy Valley, Northcross Road on January 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Hylda Sims was a great hit at the last poetry evening at Dulwich Picture Gallery. Many thanks to Hylda for allowing us to reproduce her work here.
Babies in Buggies by Hylda Sims
All down my road there are babies in buggies
six on the corner, their mothers are chatting
they fill up the pavement, the babies are sleeping
or grizzling [...]
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