http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: last minute plans: 18:00 for 18:30 today Jackanory for Grown-Ups en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:57:37 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18802#post-281930 Fri, 04 May 2018 21:21:45 +0000 Tulyar 281930@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I recall the much younger Gerda in a play at the Traverse, when you had to compete with rather large motor cars squeezing into the pend off the Grassmarket - loved the voice. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18802#post-281718 Wed, 02 May 2018 19:23:56 +0000 unhurt 281718@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Seemed apt.</p> <p>This is SO GOOD. 40 minutes of readings and a bit of commentary and a wee rendition of <em>The Yellow on the Broom </em>. Now it's Lucy Mangan time but to be honest I'd prefer more reading aloud. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18802#post-281715 Wed, 02 May 2018 18:41:00 +0000 I were right about that saddle 281715@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Rabbie! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18802#post-281714 Wed, 02 May 2018 18:22:57 +0000 unhurt 281714@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://imgur.com/gallery/bnBlNS7"> compulsed </a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18802#post-281710 Wed, 02 May 2018 16:12:22 +0000 I were right about that saddle 281710@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gerda Stevenson? I should really go. Thought it said 'compulsory refreshment' for a moment. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18802#post-281708 Wed, 02 May 2018 15:58:36 +0000 unhurt 281708@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Suspicious heathens all! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18802#post-281702 Wed, 02 May 2018 15:27:14 +0000 Klaxon 281702@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I thought it was going to be an invite to the pub </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18802#post-281699 Wed, 02 May 2018 15:17:06 +0000 Frenchy 281699@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>I expected this to be code for another Leith Walk tram 'consultation' event... </em></p> <p>You could be onto something there. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18802#post-281697 Wed, 02 May 2018 15:11:36 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 281697@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I expected this to be code for another Leith Walk tram 'consultation' event... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18802#post-281694 Wed, 02 May 2018 14:38:53 +0000 unhurt 281694@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-we-were-young-jackanory-for-grown-ups-tickets-42979553000" rel="nofollow">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-we-were-young-jackanory-for-grown-ups-tickets-42979553000</a></p> <p>At the Portrait Gallery:</p> <p>"Join us for an evening of storytelling for grown-up bookworms with performed readings by very special guests actor and writer Gerda Stevenson and novelist Mary Paulson Ellis.</p> <p>Inspired by our When We Were Young exhibition we will take you on a journey through humorous and sometimes sinister themes of familiar and lesser-known childhood tales. Excerpts will include: Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland; J M Barrie’s Peter Pan; Betsy Whyte’s Yellow on the Broom; Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure; and Tove Janson’s Summer Book.</p> <p>Followed by Q&amp;A with Guardian and Telegraph columnist Lucy Mangan speaking about the inspiration behind her new book, Bookworm: A Memoire of Childhood Reading (Penguin Random House 2018) and book signing. </p> <p>Ticket includes complementary refreshment.</p> <p>Doors open 6pm; event 6.30-7.30pm." </p>