After a mile, he was looking out for his shortcut, a farm track on his right that would take him across flat fields, past Crouch House, along Warren Lane to the duck pond and Erwarton Hall. Every boy at school knew that Anne Boleyn had been happy there, visiting as a child, and ...
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So today seemed the ideal time to start a new series of posts on the blog in the form of, the rather grandly titled, Savidge Reads Hall of Fame. Over the next few weeks, months and years as I continue on my reading life I will be doing special posts on my favourite authors. I ha...
This year, however, the Orwell Memorial Lecture is being held at Conway Hall for the first time. COVID-19 Measures While we are delighted to be able to host the Orwell Lecture in person this year, the safety of our staff, volunteers, guests and audience members is ...
shares some key biographical details with his creator. McEwan’s army-brat childhood is here synecdochised by a spell in Libya. Like McEwan, Roland then moves home to England and attends Woolverstone Hall School in rural Suffolk (named in the Acknowledgments). Like McEwan, Roland...