Literary Weekend
1st – 3rd April 2022
OXFORD
We are pleased to announce that the next
Literary Weekend will be held in April 2022 in
Oxford, at St Edmund Hall, otherwise known
as Teddy Hall, one of oldest teaching
institutions in the world, established in 1286.
Located in the heart of Oxford, it makes a
perfect venue for our weekend of stimulating
talks, sightseeing and camaraderie. The small
and accessible campus has everything close
at hand, including a large lecture room with
space for our library and stalls, good single
and twin rooms, a large dining hall, bar and
pleasant courtyards and gardens.
Speakers: We welcome and invite talks
from TARS members; if you would like to
speak at the Weekend, either a short cameo
or a longer presentation, please contact Peter
Wright as soon as possible, either by email:
peterwright180@btinternet.com, or by
phoning him on 0121 443 2910. We will
announce the full programme of speakers
and all other details in the next Signals, along
with the booking form. In the meantime,
please book the date in your diary now.
New members or first-time attendees will be
particularly welcome.
Please note that parking in Oxford is scarce.
Broads Cruise is back in 2022!
The Hunters Yard ‘Coot Club’ Broads cruise, postponed last year due to Covid, is now to take place next year – July 23-30 2022.
Six of the fleet’s Teasel-style yachts (one actually was the Teasel in the BBC TV adaptation) have been reserved.
Famously engine-less, they now have quiet electric motors to cope with the Broads’ busy traffic.
Contact Neville Khambatta, Tars member and chairman of the Norfolk Heritage Fleet Trust,
on 01692 678263 or info@huntersyard.com.
Meanwhile the yard has been busy refurbishing the sailing dinghy that played Titmouse in the TV adaptations.
A trail over Pictish Scotland. Bring your car or get to Inverness area by train
Itinery Sat 3rd September
06.35 depart Edinburgh Waverley
10.28 arrive Inverness or Tain
(then car to Inver, near Portmahomack)
12.00 lunch at Inver Restaurant
(then car to Tarbat Discovery Centre)
13.30 Tarbat Discovery Centre
16.15 leave by car for Nigg – Cromarty ferry
17.00 (or thereabouts!) ferry to Cromarty
19.30 dinner at Royal Hotel Cromarty
(then stay overnight in various B&Bs in Cromarty area; (the Royal Hotel is fully booked!)
Sun 4th September
09.00 Groam House Museum, Rosemarkie
12.00 lunch at restaurant to be determined
14.30 depart on Jacobite Rebel for 2 hour Loch Ness cruise
16.30 return to Inverness centre, maybe for a snack
18.57 depart Inverness
22.41 arrive Edinburgh
Chris says:
Brian Hopton has kindly given us permission to read some of the Sparkinson interviews, written by him, Jill Goulder and Paul Crisp, from “Ransome Centre Stage”. We are going to have three different ‘Sparkinsons’ and three interviewees this time.
If you would like to join us and have not already received the Zoom link here it is –
Simon Dell has kindly agreed to do another talk for us, all about the Tavistock Canal. Tars from different regions are very welcome to join us, just let me know so that Susan, the host, will have some idea of numbers to be let in – here is the link –
Diana is busy compiling a quiz based on ‘Picts & Martyrs’, which we hope will give those of us without elephant-like memories more of a chance of getting some questions right, by reading the book again first.
Here is the link if you like to join in, all welcome, but please let me know if you are going to join so that the host has an idea of numbers – thanks.
Time: Nov 25, 2023 03:45 PM London
Passcode: 297872
We are delighted that Alan Kennedy has agreed to give us another talk. Below is a synopsis to whet your appetite, and also the link to join us.
‘It is obvious that Arthur Ransome’s novels are filled with echoes of his own turbulent life. Were these parallels intended or were they simply a case of an author’s preoccupations leaking into his text? Do we risk reading too much into things and finding allusions where none were meant? These perennial questions have divided readers but an examination of the contacts Ransome made while working in Paris in the early years of the century suggests at least one radical answer. I claim Ransome’s fictional technique grew out of his deep interest in symbolist experiments in literature and his work can be read as very much part of that tradition.’
Topic: Alan Kennedy Zoom Meeting
Time: Feb 10, 2024 06:45 PM London
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82841162735?pwd=K0lHY0FJMEpzZ2F6TU91QzBjaFU0UT09
Meeting ID: 828 4116 2735
Passcode: 893329
A weekend of fun and celebration at the Windermere Jetty. Watch the film, meet members of the cast and crew, discover secrets of making the film and see Swallow and SAIL Amazon.
We will again be asking for volunteers from any region to read the parts of ‘Sparkinson’, Colonel Jolys, Molly Blackett and Maria Turner (the GA).
Here is the link:
Topic: Sparkinsons Zoom Meeting
Time: Jul 13, 2024 04:15 PM London
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 883 9388 4616
Passcode: 688395