A Christmas Carol – December 11th – Birmingham By N Smith5th December 2016 Categories: events Tags: arts, birmingham, charles dickens, writers course Leave a comment
The Writers Reading Group – Every Wednesday At The Mac By N Smith16th November 201616th November 2016 Categories: events Tags: arts, birmingham, hearth centre, literary course, readers course, writers course Join Hearth’s artistic director, Polly Wright, as she leads a reading group with a difference! Explore the craft of writing through sharing views and opinions on contemporary and classic fiction. Discussions of each book lead to creative writing responses. Books for the autumn term include Mark Haddon’s The Pier Falls, Jane Austen’s Love and Friendship,…
Reading For Wellbeing On Mondays By N Smith14th November 201614th November 2016 Categories: reading for wellbeing Tags: arts, birmingham, hearth centre, literary course, readers course, writers course Leave a comment
Daily Mail Article On Gualterio Letters By N Smith6th November 20166th November 2016 Categories: Blogs, news Tags: blogs, gualtiero, history, italy, letters, Libya, POW, travelling, Wales, worldwar2, WWII Leave a comment Just over a year ago Polly’s story was featured in the Daily Mail. Please click HERE to read more!
Polly On Adrian Goldberg’s Show By N Smith23rd October 201623rd October 2016 Categories: In The Media Tags: adrian goldberg, birmingham, creative writing, creativity, letters, polly wright Leave a comment Polly was recently on the Adrian Goldberg show. If you haven’t heard it yet, there’s only 20 days left before it’s removed! Please follow the LINK
Resto a Carlino Newspaper Article By N Smith12th October 201612th October 2016 Categories: Blogs Tags: blogs, gualtiero, history, italy, letters, Libya, POW, travelling, Wales, worldwar2, WWII Leave a comment In a well known Italian regional newspaper Resto a Carlino – please see the headline which says: “Relatives find letters of courtship from a POW to their grandmother after 70 years… The Director- Polly wants to transform the story into a play!”It was also on a placard outside the Tabaccio: “Woman who has found love…
Gualtiero’s daughters By N Smith10th October 201610th October 2016 Categories: Blogs Tags: blogs, gualtiero, history, italy, letters, Libya, POW, travelling, Wales, worldwar2, WWII Leave a comment Met Gualtiero’s daughters at last – a year after I first went to Modena
Polly’s Blog on Gualtiero Lenz – 05/10/16 By N Smith5th October 20165th October 2016 Categories: Blogs Tags: Apeninnes, blogs, brexit, gualtiero, history, italy, letters, Libya, POW, travelling, Wales, worldwar2, WWII Leave a comment Polly Wright, artistic director of Hearth is on a mission to discover more about Gualtiero Lenzi- ex POW who worked on her grandparents’ farm in WW2- and who wrote warmly to her grandmother after the war. She has been in communication with his eldest daughter, Mara for a year now, but will meet both Mara…
Polly with Walter Bellisi By N Smith3rd October 20163rd October 2016 Categories: news Tags: blog, blogging Leave a comment Polly with Walter Bellisi A local journalist who’s writing an article about our story and who knew Gualtiero’s brother and niece.
Bleak House August Tuesday 23rd 2016 By N Smith25th July 201612th August 2016 Categories: events Tags: arts, birmingham, hearth centre, literary course, readers course, writers course Leave a comment A day of discussion of one of Dicken’s greatest novels. TICKETS 10am – 4pm Tuesday August 23rd Fircroft College Birmingham. Click HERE for location details.
