WG103
Whispering Gallery Issue 103 / WG103
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Date and Pages
[edit | edit source]- June 2009, 48 A4 Pages (including Covers and 4-page colour supplement)
Editor
[edit | edit source]Front Cover
[edit | edit source]- New standard blue cover with Dorothy Dunnett Readers' Association title, photo of Mary, Queen of Scots in white mourning, by unknown artist after François Clouet, reproduced by permission of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Back Cover
[edit | edit source]- Blue with small DDRA logo and title, photo of John Guy, DDRA Literary Lunch, , photo credit Tom Blackie
Articles
[edit | edit source]- The DDRA Twitter Site - Sandra Hall
- View from the Editor's Chair - Sandra Hall
- The DDRA Website - Simon Hedges
- Obituary - Kate Rosemary Nwume Obituary - unattributed
- The Chairman’s Column - Bill Marshall
- Membership Report (2009) - Bill Marshall
- News from the 2009 AGM - Anne Buchanan, Secretary
- News from the Committee - Anne Buchanan, Secretary
- And introducing... new Committee Member - Jenny Francis
- Edinburgh Weekend 2009 - Kyle Carter
- National Gallery of Scotland - Val Asker
- 'The Open Sea, With Some Charts': Explorers and Exploration, a lecture by David Bradley - Karen Alvey and Jenny Francis
- Weaponry and Arms in the 16th Century, talk and demonstration by Hugh Robertson - Karen Alvey
- An Old Town Tour of Edinburgh led by Allan Foster - Ann McMillan
- Oxford Day, March 2009 - Pauline Sparks
- The Abbey of St Maurice d'Agaune, a KH moment - Jane Idiens
- The DDRA Inaugural Literary Lunch, featuring Professor John Guy - Jean Stringfellow
- Mary Stuart and the Failure of the Darnley Marriage Pt 1 - John Guy
- College De St. Barbe, Paris Report Card for Lymond. Dec 1540 plus accompanying request from Headmaster for parental discussion. - Liz Ignatuk, originally published WG047.
- Dorothy Says: Maps and the Dunnett Historical Novels, reprinted from WG033 - Dorothy Dunnett. Also see Talks and Interviews by Dorothy Dunnett.
- Bookshelf recommendations and translation update - Jean Stringfellow, Mike Brain, Sandra Hall, Heike Meyer
- Talking Point The Ringed Castle. See letter contributions.
- New Members
Illustrations and Photos
[edit | edit source]- 2009 Committee Members
- 2009 Edinburgh Weekend colour supplement, photos and captions - unattributed
Ephemera
[edit | edit source]- Desert Island Discs, Athene Donald, Professor of Experimental Physics and FRS, chooses Lymond Chronicles for Desert Island - unattributed
- Calling All Dunnett Eggheads - Jean Stringfellow
- DDRA Digital Archive - Simon Hedges
- Crossword 2 - Ladame
- Crossword 2 Solution
- 'Henry VIII: Man and Monarch', exhibition at British Library, curated David Starkey - unattributed
Letters
[edit | edit source]England
[edit | edit source]- Jean Stringfellow - Talking Point
- Ros Williams - Talking Point
- Jean Ainsworth - Sean Connery praises KH
Wales
[edit | edit source]- Judith G. Sansom - praise for Whispering Gallery and more
Forthcoming Events
[edit | edit source]- Oxford Day, 5 June 2010
- Lincoln Gathering, 12 September 2009
- Le Spit October 2010
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[edit | edit source]- Whole Story Audio Books PF, narrated Andrew Napier
- British Library, Henry VII: Man and Monarch