WG170
Whispering Gallery Issue 170 / WG170
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Date and Pages
[edit | edit source]- June 2026, 56 A4 Pages (including Covers)
Editor
[edit | edit source]Front Cover
[edit | edit source]- Detail from The Sybilico Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri). 1622. Image: Bridgeman Images
Inside Front Cover
[edit | edit source]- Calligraphy by Monica Murray - GOK 3.3.1
Inside Back Cover
[edit | edit source]- Four colour insets:
- 1. Trio of striking magnets drawing inspiration from waterborne adventures in the novels. These include linocut perspectives from period appropriate seafaring vessels and de barge/bath combination. All can be bought on the Dorothy Dunnett site.
- 2. Request for members to email photos of Dorothy Dunnett merchandise out and about "in the wild" and or upload them to the DDS social media platform of choice.
- 3. Source details of the front and back covers.
- 4. Photo and four paragraph explanation by Deborah Conway Read of a Cellini Saltcellar given d'Aubigny by Frances 11. (QP, Pt 2, Ch 3)
Back Cover
[edit | edit source]- Abbatial House of the Abbey of St Ouen at Rouen. John Sell Cotman. c. 1825. Norwich Museums Collection.
Society Business
[edit | edit source]- A View from the Wynds - Suzanne McNeill
- The Chairman’s Column - Nicky Cannon
- Trustees' Notice Board - Sandra Hall, Heather Jacobson, Kate Quartano Brown
- Members' Page
- Forthcoming Events
- Summer Dorothy Dunnett Day, Portsmouth Guildhall - Saturday 27th June 2026
- Online DunNETt Lecture - 'Despoiling the King in 1525: Capture, Plunder and The Battle of Pavia', September 2026 (Previous lectures and talks available on the DDS Video YouTube channel.)
Feature Articles
[edit | edit source]- The Dunnett Weekend 2026: An Overview of the Talks - Val Asker
- Code-Switching and Multilingual Societies in the 15th Century - Talk given at the 2026 Dunnett Weekend - Sharon Michalove
- No Armour Against Fate - Lymond at 500 - Ian Bristow
- Mapping and Charting Lymond, Niccolò and Thorfinn - part 3 of 3 - Reprinted from WG069 and WG070 - Margaret Wilkes
- The Abbatial House, Rouen - Kate Jewell
- Where Dutch Fisheries Met Clan Waters - Siobhán Beatson
- Priests and Prophets - Part 4, Johnson Johnson - Lisa Hopkins
- Jerott and Francis - Janet Kebbell
Regulars
[edit | edit source]- A Dunnett Lexicon - Sphacelate, Herbetude, Talion, Thrawnness - Carole Richardson
- Among the archives ... - Dorothy Dunnett and Mary Stewart - Heather Jacobson
- Locating scenes of action in the novels - Venice - Tina Dallas. Also see Venice: The Dorothy Dunnett Guide newly released 2026
- Talking Point - The most memorable sea-related episode/s in Dunnett books. - See letter contributions
- Tribute, Christine Walker - Jean Ainsworth, Anne Artymiuk, Betty Cooper, Anne Morris, Jean Stringfellow, Elizabeth Watson
- The Lymond Lifeline - Jerott Blyth and the Roses of Attar, from the Magazine Archives
- That’s Relevant!
- The Walls of Mdina - Jennifer Lair
- Anne de Montmorency - Melinda Moore
- Maimuma's Tombstone Inscription - Michelle Cassar
- A Close Read - King Hereafter, Pt2, Ch 9
Illustrations and Photos
[edit | edit source]- Picturing the Scene - Visual Cues to Dunnett's Word Painting - Henri II's Entry into Rouen; QP 4, QP 5 - Kate Jewell
Ephemera
[edit | edit source]- Tapestry Tales, The Wagner Carpet, The Burrell Collection - Dunnett Weekend 2026 Sunday Outing
Letters
[edit | edit source]England
[edit | edit source]- Hilary White - Talking Point
Scotland
[edit | edit source]- Brendan Collins - Talking Point
USA
[edit | edit source]- Sridhar Anandakrishnan - Talking Point
- Terry Anstine - Talking Point
Other Forthcoming Events
[edit | edit source]- Reviving the Trinity Stones Exhibition, Museum of Edinburgh - 9 May-28 June, 2026
- Group tour to Bruges - 15-18 October, 2026, organized by Christine Headley
- Dunnett Weekend 2027, 23-25 April
Advertisements
[edit | edit source]- Refrigerator magnets and the new Venice: Dorothy Dunnett Guide available from the Dorothy Dunnett Society's Dunnett Shop