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Maidstone Museum’s new exhibition: A Ladybird Childhood is having its preview tonight and opening tomorrow. I’d love to go to the preview – but it’s just to far from Hertfordshire in Friday evening traffic. I’m sure I’ll make it down…
Read moreabout the Timeshift documentary, a reminder of the forthcoming Ladybird ‘Centenary’: http://www.loughboroughecho.net/news/local-news/plans-pipeline-mark-ladybird-books-6414378
Read moreI was asked this week to write a post for the BBC TV blog. My post on the BBC Blog is now live: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/posts/The-Ladybird-Books-Story-How-Britain-Got-the-Reading-Bug
Read moreOne of my favourite TV programmes has to be Antiques Road Trip. I never miss one and am quite happy to watch repeats. I just find the format works really well, so when a BBC researcher got in touch to…
Read moreRather belatedly, here’s news of some of the Ladybird Land business I mentioned in my last post. Episode 1. The BBC4 Series Timeshift is going to do a whole long documentary on Ladybird Books! They’ve been getting in touch with…
Read moreThe normal tranquillity of Ladybird Land has been rather disrupted lately. For one reason or another, there have been lots of journalists and programme makers looking into the subject. The main reason seems to be the forthcoming ‘centenary’ of Ladybird. …
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Last Friday (10th March) saw the official opening of the Museum of English Rural Life, (MERL for short) Ladybird Books gallery. This was my second visit to the museum but I thought I should wait until after the official opening…
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