“Dalmatians Wore Pearls” 12.15 Wednesday 11th March 2015 Theatre by the Lake in Keswick, Cumbria is the centre for this exciting literature festival organised by Ways With Words. For 10 days (from 6 – 15 March 2015) writers and readers get together to share the pleasure of books, words and ideas. Theatre by
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The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me: Sofka Zinovieff – talk and book signing on Nov 25th Tuesday November 25th 7.30pm in The Bear Hotel (Riverside Suite), Hungerford. Bear Hotel, Charnham Street, Hungerford, Berkshire, RG17 0EL Telephone: 01488 682512 Email: thebear.hungerford@oldenglishinns.co.uk Tickets £5. Bar available. The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me: Sofka Zinovieff – talk and book
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/11165036/Sofka-Zinovieff-remembers-inheriting-Faringdon-House-from-the-Mad-Boy.html The granddaughter of Robert Heber-Percy recalls the day she was left Lord Berner’s grand estate
Saturday 18th October, 7.30 pm Book Launch: The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me Sofka Zinovieff The Corn Exchange 18th October 2014 at 7.30pm The scandalous and eccentric lives of the cultured elite, and the enchanted house they lived in. Sofka Zinovieff, the author, will be joining us in the Corn Exchange to talk about her new
Tuesday October 28th, 2 pm If you have visited Faringdon Folly and enjoyed the four-and-twenty blackbirds and their pie nestled in the trees, you must come to this talk by the grand-daughter of Robert Heber Percy, the eponymous Mad Boy, and long-time companion of eccentric Lord Berners. The two were irrepressible enough, indulging in exquisite
TUE 7 OCT 2014 8:00PM – 9:00PM INSPIRATIONAL HOUSES THE STUDIO, IMPERIAL SQUARE Châtelaine of Burnt Norton, the house that inspired the first of T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets,Caroline Sandon (Burnt Norton) and Sofka Zinovieff (The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me) who inherited Faringdon House, the former home of Lord Berners, reflect on the extraordinary history of
Eurydice Street “remains the best account of today’s Greece, with sharp insights into nationalism, terrorism and the Orthodox church.” Books about Greece: holiday reading guide Recommended reading for visitors to Greece, compiled by Michael Kerr Sunbathing in Greece Photo: GETTY By Michael Kerr 8:00AM BST 17 Jul 2014 Newer offerings A single-volume primer? Try A Concise History of
Saturday 27 September 2014 10.30 am Blenheim Palace, The Marlborough Room For more information visit Festival website Writer and granddaughter of the ‘Mad Boy’, Robert Heber-Percy, Sofka Zinovieff tells of the scandalous lives and eccentricities of a cultured elite living in Faringdon House in Oxfordshire, a home she inherited from her grandfather and is moving to
