Wednesday, September 26, 2007

The festival issue!

I'm putting the final touches to the festival issue - there's so much to say that we've decided to focus the whole issue on the festival and leave reviews and regular columns for next time. There'll be lots of photos, and I'm hoping to put all the photos we have onto www.flickr.com for everyone to download their favourites.

And there's news of next year's festival - so far Julian has booked Diane Glouberman and Andrew Samuels for a new, bigger festival at the Leela Centre in Dorset, from 18th-20th July. There's lots of room for camping, and some indoor spaces to sleep too. There may be a children's festival as well.

The new board met last Saturday at Russell Square cafe, and there's enough energy to put together more events. AHPB is alive and flourishing.

Personally, my mother has been in hospital for three weeks now, and we're trying to find a way of getting her back to her beloved flat with support. At 90, she's had a wonderfully active life up to the last few weeks. It's taking a lot of energy and love to be with her through this, but I'm receiving so much from the process too.

Maxine.