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Cultural Corner

The Amazing Writer’s Weekend D.B. Lewis , Scarborough Branch & Writers’ SIG Chair The SIG writers’ Zoom weekend in November was a stunning display of our collective talents and the below comments reflect the diversity, pathos, power and energy of the group as creative writers; a thousand thanks to everyone who helped to make it such a resounding success, both as presenters and delegates. I f ever there was a memorable presentation, it was most certainly that of David “Doz” Hughes, about living with David ‘Doz’ Hughes

Cultural Competitions to win an Amazon voucher Caption Competition

dyslexia. A very moving hour of my life. It was a true collective effort, proving the old adage that, the sum of the whole was greater than the individual parts. But the individual parts were excellent in the first place. Our speakers were: • Janet ‘Fizz’ Curtiss/David Lewis : Elements of Biography • David ‘Doz’ Hughes : The Dyslexic Writer • Bill Petherick : The Caricature • Ian McNeish : Writing Comedy • Tony Granger : Short Story Writing • Helena Hutt : Ideas, Prompts and Writers Block • Ann Cumberland : Poetry beginnings and ends • Sean Hannigan : Writer’s Aids It was an incredible couple of days, highlighting such inspiration, knowledge and talent. Thank you for all the organisation that must have gone into the event. It was a resounding success. Then we did it again in February, with a one day event.

Thank you to our presenters: • Neil Hallam Publicity and Marketing • Ian McNeish Publishing: Another Scottish View • Bill Petherick as Question Master for a Literary Quiz • D.B.lewis ‘Writers on Writers and their Writing’ • Project Updates: with David Lewis, (‘50 Shades of Blue’) Fizz Curtis and Bill Petherick (Irene Mawer Mime), Neil Hallam (SIG Journalism Project and Inter-cultural cross over project) and Helena Hutt (The Bookshop).

Name the Comet Which comet did Andy Gregory photograph recently?

Photography Competition Take a photograph on the theme: Rural Patrol Deadline for entries: 1st June 2021 to mail@ipa-uk.org

a Bill Pethrick illustration

The subject of Janet Fizz Curtis’ research

POLICE WORLD Vol 66 No.2, 2021

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