Wordless Wednesday
Silent Sunday
Wordless Wednesday
Silent Sunday: Only one left
Wordless Wednesday: Changing Colours
Last year: Orange
This year: Pink
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Silent Sunday
Oakley Orange Appeal
Guest blog by Stephen Jenner
A huge fund raising event for 7 year old Oakley Orange has been announced at Headcorn Airport on the 10th April.
Oakley is the little boy fighting for his life after an allergic reaction to medication. Rushed to hospital after a rash appeared on his chest, his parents Steven and Lorraine watched in horror as their son became unrecognisable over the next 24 hours.
He was diagnosed with the rare life-threatening skin condition called Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS), where the top layer of skin becomes detached from the lower layers.
Oakley’s condition rapidly deteriorated to the worst form of the condition, known as Tens, and he had to be transferred to a specialist burns hospital. SJS develops into Tens when more than 30% of skin is lost; Oakley has lost 100% of his skin, as well as his fingernails, toenails and hair.
Funds are being raised to send Oakley Orange and his family to Florida, with SkyHigh Radio taking up the lead in helping raise this money. The event at Headcorn is a tandem parachute jump and if you’d like to be involved, or just lend your moral and financial support, please get in touch via the Facebook page or donate here.
The Travelling Talesman – 9th May
The first Rochester LitFest event of the year!
As a warm up for Rochester Lit Fest 2014, we are pleased to present a night of storytelling at the Good Intent in Rochester on the 9th May. The Travelling Talesman has toured the country from Penzance to York, for feasts, festivals and fun since the early nineties
The Talesman tells stories of Norse Gods, Celtic mysteries, clever girls and Dragon Slayers, medieval mayhem, giants, goblins and halloween horrors. Originally specialising in Northern European tales, his stories are now drawn from all over the world.
At the Good Intent, The Talesman will present ‘Away With The Fairies.’ Tales of the magical and mischievous Small Folk… and when they were not so small delving in to their origins as the godlike Tuatha De Danann.
Tickets are £7 per person or £8 on the night. Doors open at 7pm.
Tickets are available at: https://talesman.eventbrite.co.uk
Find out more about the Travelling Talesman at:
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Art in the Park
Art in the Park America
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Art in the Park is series of large scale outdoor installations in Houston’s beautiful Hermann Park.
Paintings, books, carvings & Saints – Author Truda Thurai reveals Rochester’s Treasures
From the pen of the wonderful History Magpie …
Doing historical research is a bit like falling down Alice’s rabbit hole – you have no idea where you’re going to end up. You can go round in circles on the trail of an elusive fact or, as in author Truda Thurai’s case, follow an intriguing hook and end up writing something entirely unexpected.
Truda’s first novel, The Devil Dancers, is set in Ceylon , now known as Sri Lanka, so when she discovered that the country is also referred to within Charles Dickens’ unfinished novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood, she was intrigued. Once on the trail of the connection, however, Truda was sent on another journey entirely and ended up writing a collection of short stories entitled Barley Bread and Cheese. She kindly dropped by the Magpies nest to explain how it happened…
Hello Truda, please push the twigs aside and make yourself comfortable. Now…
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