Hello friends
Apologies for the lateness of the newsletter but I’ve been away having a jolly in Hamburg. No, not for the football. It was actually (don’t judge me!) to go to the world’s biggest model railway. It’s called Miniatur Wunderland and is absolutely amazing. Check it out online and you’ll see what I mean.
Wasn’t Amelia fascinating last month? Such an engaging speaker and such an important topic. She has kindly agreed to share the slides from her presentation which you will find in the newsletter emailed to you.
Thursday’s meeting July 11th
This month we have a group of comedy improv players coming to amuse and amaze us. If you’re feeling brave/reckless you’ll get the chance to join in too! I don’t know about you but I could certainly do with a laugh so I’m definitely looking forward to this.
August 8th
We don’t have a meeting in August (WI subs pay for 11 meetings a year) but we do often have some kind of outdoor get together. This year we thought we’d have a picnic at Chalkwell beach, with swimming for the hardy. More info to follow once plans have been finalised.
September 12th
Don’t forget to buy/borrow your copy of ‘How to Be a French Girl’ – the debut novel of local girl Rose Cleary, who will be coming to talk to us at our September meeting. Here’s a repeat of the blurb that I copied off Amazon last month:-
She’s from Southend. She wanted to be an artist and ended up at the best art school in the country. But that didn’t work out. Now she works as a receptionist in an IT firm, where her only creative outlet is arranging the sandwiches she’s ordered in for other people’s meetings. And she still lives in Southend. Outside work, soulless sex has become a symptom of her boredom. Then Gustav appears: older, perceptive, attentive. And French. He’s her way out, she thinks. But more than that, a chance to be creative again: to become someone new. How to be a French Girl is a fierce, disturbing and funny debut novel about desire, art and what we’ll risk to change ourselves.
Things to bring
As usual, donations for the food bank, raffle and swapsie table are always very welcome. And anybody who would like to bring a cake along will earn the undying love and gratitude of all the members. Not me though…oh no… I hate cake now…sob…
Much love,
Vanessa
