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Elly Griffiths & Lesley Thomson discussing crime writing

September 13, 2019 //  by Lynn//  Leave a Comment


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Join in the conversation with two well  known adult crime writers.

 

Lesley Thomson is a British novelist and creative writing tutor at West Dean College. Lesley second novel A Kind of Vanishing won The People’s Book Prize. The Detective’s Daughter was Amazon UK’s longest running #1 in 2013. The Detective’s Daughter series has sold over 750K copies. The protagonist Stella Darnell is ‘one of the most original characters in British Crime Fiction’ Sunday Times. The Playground Murders, latest in the series, is as ‘compelling as its predecessors … A white-knuckle read’ A.N Wilson, The Tablet. Lesley has completed a standalone, Death of a Mermaid (May 2020).She lives with her partner and small poodle in Lewes.

 

 

 

Elly Griffiths is the pen name of Domenica de Rosa, a British crime novelist. She has written two series as Griffiths to date, one featuring Ruth Galloway, the other featuring Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens and Max Mephisto.
Elly Griffiths wrote four novels under her own name (Domenica de Rosa) before turning to crime with The Crossing Places, the first novel featuring forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway. The Crossing Places won the Mary Higgins Clark award and three novels in the series have been shortlisted for the Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year. The Stone Circle (Ruth #11) was published in February 2019 and was a Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller. Elly also writes the Brighton Mysteries, set in the theatrical world of the 1950s. In 2016 Elly was awarded the CWA Dagger in the Library for her body of work. Her first standalone mystery, The Stranger Diaries, was a Richard and Judy book club selection and was the Times Crime Novel of the Year 2018. She has also recently published a children’s crime novel, A Girl Called Justice.

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Introducing classical opera to your babies

September 9, 2019 //  by Lynn//  Leave a Comment

TREE is an interactive first opera for 0-2 year olds and their carers with music by Debussy, Delibes and Monteverdi as well as familiar nursery rhymes and specially written songs. Hurly Burly invites you and your baby on a multisensory journey through a year in the life of a tree.  There are two sessions:

11.00am session
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2.00pm session
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Let me meet you a tree.
What can you see?
Beneath the blue sky
as the summer floats by.

 

  • singing with blackbirds, marching through fallen leaves, smelling new blossom and feeling the wind on your cheeks. With beautiful singing and relaxing music at it’s core TREE will be an opportunity to unwind and have fun for new parents, carers and babies.

A bit about the company:

  • Hurly Burly offer new audiences positive and exciting first experiences of opera with the aim of inspiring a lifelong relationship with classical
    music. The company was formed by classically trained singers Sarah Forbes and Catherine Carter following a commission from Celebrate
    Voice Festival in 2016 to create a piece of theatre for babies. Hurly Burly creates interactive theatre for young audiences with existing
    classical opera and song at the core of the work as well as incorporating physical theatre, improvisation, movement and spoken word. The
    company create live performances that allow children and their grown- ups to engage and interact with classical music in an entirely age
    appropriate environment with the space and freedom to experience and explore as individuals

You can find out more about them through a previous event they attended here.

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Cellophane Live Art Installation with Sarah Gillings

September 8, 2019 //  by Hannah Smith//  Leave a Comment

At this years Lindfield Arts Festival there will be a Cellophane Live Art Installation outside Abbott’s chemist, in the High Street on 21st September. Sarah Gillings is a an award-winning multimedia and street artist who will create a wonderful street art piece using Cellograff. Cellograff is a technique where cellophane is stretched between any available support making paint ready surfaces, in this case Lindfield’s iconic Lime trees!

Cellograff provides the artist the freedom to create murals in a variety of new locations without the restriction of needing a wall. The translucent nature of the plastic adds a fascinating layer of visual complexity to the mural. Sarah’s Cellograff interventions typically involve inserting British wildlife into unexpected settings.

So come along and watch Sarah create a wonderful street art piece using just spray paint and cellophane wrapped around two trees!

More information about Sarah’s work can be found on her website here, her Instagram here or her Facebook page here.

This event is from 10:00am to 4:30pm on September 21 on Lindfield High Street

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Balcombe and Lindfield Dance School Performance

August 31, 2019 //  by Caroline Smith//  Leave a Comment

Balcombe and Lindfield Dance School was founded in 2003 and has grown from twenty students in one branch to over two hundred students in three branches. Students from the aged from two to sixteen years old enjoy weekly ballet, tap and modern dance classes whilst also working towards their exams, dancing at the school’s friendly and fun Holiday Dance Camps and performing at events like Lindfield Arts Festival.

The school is delighted to be performing again at the Lindfield Arts Festival and you can see them perform at the nave in the United Reform Church on Saturday 21st September between 10:00 and 10:45am. More information about Balcombe and Lindfield Dance School can be found on their Facebook page here.

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Cavan Wood, the Life of T.S. Eliot

August 29, 2019 //  by Caroline Smith//  Leave a Comment


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“T.S. Eliot  – a spiritual seeker.”  Cavan Wood will tell the story of T.S Eliot, the American who settled in Britain, the radical young man who became the Anglican Church warden. There will be an opportunity to hear Eliot’s best poems. This event is open to people of all ages and will take place on Saturday 21st September from 10.00am to 11.00am in The Bent Arms Function Room. Come along and listen to T.S Eliot’s incredible work.

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Alegria Spanish Dance Workshop

August 24, 2019 //  by Caroline Smith//  Leave a Comment

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Josefa Figuerra will be running a free spanish dance workshop for children aged 6 to 16 years on Saturday 21st September from 10.00am to 11.00am in the United Reform Church Hall. Children will be able to learn Flamenco dancing alongside modern Spanish dancing in this fun and dynamic class!

Josefa has been dancing and teaching Spanish Dance in the Sussex community for over 10 years. During that time she has caught in many primary schools in the area, care homes and community events. Alegria‘s focus is on community and charity.  Alegria translates as ‘joy’ and that is exactly what Alegria Spanish Dance wants to bring to their dancers; joy. Joy for the music, joy for the movement and joy at learning something new. Come along to the children’s lesson to get a sample of what we do! Josefa runs regular dance classes throughout Sussex and more information about these can be found on her Facebook page here.

 

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Burgess Hill Artists

August 23, 2019 //  by Caroline Smith//  Leave a Comment

Artists, makers, and designers from Burgess Hill and Bolney will be exhibiting their work at the Lindfield Arts Festival for the second year running. Featuring original works in watercolours, acrylics, inks, oils, reverse oils on glass, and ceramics. Subjects range from local landscapes and portraits (both people and animals) to fantasy dreamscapes, by way of miniatures, realism, comic books, and whimsy. Artworks are also available as fine art prints on paper or canvas and as greeting cards. Artists to look for include: Jim Batt, Alan Spencer Brooks, Gaia Buggins, Jayne Crow, Susan Driver, Mike Duck, Yasmin Frampton, Emily Hutchings, Melanie Hodge, Sandra Smith, Bethany White, and Annie Watts.

The Burgess Hill Artists will be exhibiting their work in the Jubilee Hall in King Edward Hall on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of September between 10.00am and 5.00pm. More information about the Burgess Hill Artists can be found on their website here and their Facebook page here.

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Art Exhibition

August 22, 2019 //  by Caroline Smith//  Leave a Comment

We are excited to showcase over twenty-five local artists’ work over the Arts Festival weekend. This year’s Art Exhibition, sponsored by Taylor Wimpey, will be held in Lindfield Primary Academy’s Sports Hall on School Lane on Saturday 21st of September from 10.00am to 5.00pm and Sunday 22nd of September between 10.00am and 4.00pm.

Artworks cover many mediums including oils, acrylics, various printmaking techniques, watercolours, textiles etc. and range from figurative to abstract and conceptual. Many of our artists will be around over the whole weekend so there is an opportunity to chat with them and find out about their work, all of which is for sale. There will also be a promotional table from artists belonging to the Adventurers’ Art Club so if you would like to get involved with a local club, you can find out all about it.

Outside the hall tea and cakes will be available, courtesy of the Lindfield Bonfire Society. Come along and see the incredible work that is being exhibited, and check out the artists attending below by clicking on their name to find out more details!

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Lindfield Preservation Society

August 21, 2019 //  by Caroline Smith//  Leave a Comment

Lindfield’s Preservation Society will be hosting an exhibition in the United Reform Church Foyer on Saturday 21st September from 10.00am to 5.00pm, promoting and encouraging the preservation and sympathetic development in the village. Come along and learn more about Lindfield Preservation Society’s work! You can find out more about Lindfield Preservation Society on their website here.

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Classic Car Show

August 19, 2019 //  by Hannah Smith//  Leave a Comment

Over twenty classic cars are promised for our classic car show which will take place on Saturday 21st September between 10.00am and 4.00pm, including an AC Cobra / Jaguars / MGs / Caterham 7 / Morgan / Minis / Toyota / Alvis and many many more! Come along and see the incredible collection of classic cars that will be on display! The display will be found on the High Street.

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