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Quarterly Journal of the ROSL Issue 3, September-November 2014 OVERSEAS Quarterly journal of the ROSL Issue 3, September-November 2014 Telling tales Winning words Building the future Exclusive shorts Charting a resurgence in Music Competition Gold A look at planned Specially commissioned storytelling, from the 1st Medallist Huw Wiggin improvements, and stories from top ROSL Burma book festival to on preparing for the renovations to the Bar authors and the 2013 work by our arts scholars performance of his life and Brabourne Room Caine Prize winner 14632_Steinway Overseas ad_Layout 1 15/01/2014 15:49 Page 1 OVERSEAS OVERSEAS ISSUE 3 September-November 2014 The Royal Over-Seas League is a self-funded Commonwealth organisation that offers clubhouse facilities to members, organises Commonwealth art and music competitions and develops joint welfare projects with specific countries. 20 18 Overseas editorial team Editor Ms Miranda Moore Deputy Editor Ms Christine Wilde: +44 (0)20 7408 0214 x205; [email protected] From the Director-General; A winning performance . 20 Design Ms Hannah Talmage A view of the Annual Music Competition from Display advertisements Mr David Jeffries: Editor’s letter . 4 +44 (0)20 8674 9444; [email protected] the Gold Medallist; plus a review of the heats Royal Over-Seas League Incorporated by Royal Charter World Five literary gems . 22 Patron Her Majesty The Queen Specially commissioned ‘ultimate’ short stories Vice-Patron Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra KG GCVO The return of the storyteller . 5 President The Rt Hon the Lord Luce KG GCVO DL Charting the resurgence of the performance art Books . 23 Chairman Sir Anthony Figgis KCVO CMG* Vice-Chairman Sir Roger Carrick KCMG LVO* Titles by some of our most successful authors Hon Treasurer Mr Simon Ward FCA* Turning the page . 6 Over-Seas House, Park Place, St James’s Street, A personal view of developments in Kenyan How to start a ROSL group . 23 London SW1A 1LR; +44 (0)20 7408 0214; storytelling by Caine Prize winner Okwiri Oduor Advice from the founder of the new Book Group Fax +44 (0)20 7499 6738; [email protected]; www.rosl.org.uk A Prayer . 7 Branches: what’s on? . 24 Over-Seas House, 100 Princes Street, Edinburgh EH2 3AB; +44 (0)131 225 1501; Fax +44 (0)131 226 3936; An exclusive short story by novelist Tope Folarin [email protected]; News and Views . 26 www.rosl-edinburgh.org Pictures that paint a Central Council thousand words . 8 Bright young things . 28 Mr Graham Archer CMG*, Mrs Mae Barr MBE, Mr Clive Carpenter, Prof Monojit Chatterji, ROSL Visual Arts Scholars reveal their literary Scotland’s flourishing scene for Younger Members Mr Sohail Choudhry, Prof Meryll Dean, Mr John influences and the narrative elements of their work Edwards CMG, Mr David Fall CMG*, Mrs Patricia Farrant*, Mr Simon Gimson LVO, Mr Peter Hamlyn*, Miss Maureen Howley MBE*, Mr David Jamieson, A valuable history . 10 In the UK Mrs Frances King, Miss Sheila MacTaggart LVO, Why the story behind an object can be Mr David Nicholson, Miss Caroline Roddis, worth more than the item itself Ripping yarns . 29 Ms Lindsay Ross, Mrs Judith Steiner, Mrs Pamela Voice, Mr Frank Wibaut Inspiring storytelling centres near the clubhouses *Executive Committee A Burmese tale of Director-General Maj Gen Roddy Porter MBE: literary adventure . 13 Drama in an intimate space . 30 +44 (0)20 7408 0214 x201 Reviewing the first book festival in Mandalay Actor Janet Prince’s pick of the best small theatre Director of Admin and Finance Mr Shakil Tayub: +44 (0)20 7408 0214 x209 Director of Marketing Ms Gemma Matthews: Could tablets be the best London and Edinburgh +44 (0)20 7408 0214 x204; [email protected] Director of Humanitarian and Education Projects medicine? . 14 Top 10 . 30 Ms Margaret Adrian-Vallance MBE: How iPads are transforming people’s lives Our recommendations for attractions this autumn +44 (0)20 7408 0214 x307; [email protected] Director of Arts Mr Roderick Lakin MBE: +44 (0)20 7408 0214 x325; [email protected] My St George’s Town . 16 Asst. to D-G Ms Arabella Beresford-Mitchell: Insights from a ROSL member living in Bermuda Events +44 (0)20 7408 0214 x201; [email protected] Membership Secretary Mrs Angela Farago: Christmas and New Year +44 (0)20 7408 0214 x214; [email protected] ROSL news at ROSL . 31 Catering Operations Director Ms Louise Leighton-Rees: +44 (0)7809 322 591; Don’t miss our festive packages and activities [email protected] Members’ benefits . 17 Edinburgh House Manager Mr Daniel Campbell: Make the most of your membership, with ROSL ROSL calendar . 32-38 [email protected] wines and new travel and golfing partnerships All of ROSL’s fantastic events, one handy calendar Print Hastings Printing Company: +44 (0)1424 720 477 Building for a brighter future . 18 Full booking information The journal is published by the Royal Over-Seas League, Over-Seas Important update on vital works at the clubhouse House, Park Place, St James’s Street, London SW1A 1LR. Any views and contact details . 38 expressed in editorial and any advertisements included are not For information on Steinway & Sons pianos or to arrange a private appointment to visit our London showrooms, necessarily endorsed by the Central Council. ISSN 00307424 FRONT COVER: A detail of ‘Subspace Transmission of the Magnetically Ordained Architect’ please call 0207 487 3391 or email [email protected] by ROSL Visual Arts Scholar Mehreen Murtaza © Mehreen Murtaza WWW.STEINWAYHALL.CO.UK September-November 2014 OVER SEAS 3 OVERSEAS WORLD From the Director-General Editor’s s I write, we are enjoying a real make transactions easier to conduct, letter summer with the ROSL Garden in searches more straightforward and full swing. The clubhouse in information much more accessible. hen A Edinburgh is looking good, with its In Edinburgh our near-term improvement Okwiri new coat of paint throughout, and is gearing plans include a re-modelled Reception and Oduor, up for another frenetic festival season. We an external staircase at the rear of the W this year’s have had a tremendously busy few months, building to access the roof viewing area. Caine Prize winner, sent with music and arts events, and refurbishment Events in the autumn will include a tour of me her article about FOCUS of clubhouse facilities very much to the fore. several wineries (bodegas) in Rioja, developments in East The changes to the Brabourne Room and supported, as last year, by Grape Escapes African storytelling (page Bar have been well received and I am and Davy’s wine merchants. We plan to 6), the text was an grateful to the many members who have conduct a similar tour each year and I hope unusual colour. ”It has to expressed their views on the outcome. On also to include a shorter visit to English be in blue or I am unable to move my The return of page 18, Sir Roger Carrick, ROSL Vice- vineyards in 2015. I am very much looking thoughts along,” she apologised. It is this kind Chairman and Chair of the Buildings forward to visiting ROSL members in Canada of fascinating glimpse into the creative process Sub-Committee, explains our plans to in October and our hard-working chapter that this issue’s Focus aims to provide. improve and refurbish other areas of the club. presidents are planning events in Vancouver, ROSL Visual Arts Scholars talk about their We have three major projects this winter. Victoria, Edmonton, Calgary and Toronto. literary and narrative influences on page 8, the storyteller We will be undertaking major refurbishment I draw your attention to the Christmas while, on page 10, we look at how the stories work in the third-floor bedrooms, essentially packages we are developing, the details of behind objects can increase their value, ahead a comprehensive refit. This will reduce which are on page 31. We would like to give of our forthcoming Antiques Roadshow-style Ben Haggarty charts the rise of performance storytelling in the availability in London by 11 bedrooms from more members the opportunity to enjoy the event and talk by the author of The First 24 November until early 2015, so please London clubhouse at Christmas, and I hope World War in 100 Objects (see the Events UK since the 1980s, and his role in promoting it as an artform bear this in mind when planning your visit. that these options will be of interest both to section for details). Some of ROSL’s top We will also start work on the sun terrace individual members and family groups. authors have contributed exclusive 50-word r Haggarty, when I was eight you came to was as much demand for storytelling for adult audiences mESmERiSing: outside the Bar, once the Garden closes in Please let us know if you are interested. stories (page 22), and they have so inspired tell stories in my school. I remembered as among children, so I organised the UK’s first Ben Haggarty late October. That work should be complete As ever, may I thank all our wonderful the editorial team that we have been writing your name and I’ve come to this event,” international storytelling festival at Battersea Arts Centre enthrals the by Christmas. May I thank members for staff in London and Edinburgh, and our some ’ultimate’ short stories of our own. the event being an evening of ‘Fairy Tales in 1985 – an event so popular that it sparked further audience during a M storytelling event at their forbearance over the Park Side lift in branch/chapter officers and honorary One of the biggest eye-openers has been for Grown Ups’ at Soho Theatre.
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