Artful lessons in power dressingEvening Standard Feb 18 2010 Godolphin and Latymer School for Girls in Hammersmith, hosting its first Arts Festival next week, has men talking for three out of four evenings — Andrew Marr, Chris Patten and William Boyd. But on Tuesday 23rd, Francine Stock and Anne Sebba, both mothers with daughters at the school, will be discussing how women use power and influence. Sebba, biographer of Laura Ashley, Mother Teresa, Jennie Churchill now researching Wallis Simpson, thinks women excel at manipulating behind the throne. To prove her point she will wear killer high heels and a jacket by Alexander McQueen, the late fashion designer whose clothes "made women feel powerful". Hmmm ... what sort of lesson is that? Forthcoming Events March 10, 2010 At the Cabinet War Rooms and Churchill Museum. Anne will be giving a pre dinner talk on Jennie Churchill followed by a tour of the Museum and dinner. Organised by the Worshipful Company of Feltmakers Further information from www.feltmakers.co.uk in aid of Welsh Guards Afghanistan Appeal www.welshguardsappeal.com and the Feltmakers Charitable Foundation. April 19th, 2010 12.30 Private Book Club session to discuss Jennie Churchill May 9th, 2010 2pm The Richmond Book Picnic Anne will be in conversation with Lady Antonia Fraser to discuss Must you Go? Antonia's Memoir of life with Harold Pinter Further Information from May 13th, 2010 10-1pm Anne will be giving a lecture on Jennie Churchill followed by a supplementary lecture on The Dollar Princesses to the American Women of Surrey September 15, 2010 All day lecture to Abingdon Nadfas members on Jennie Churchill October 7th, 2010 11.30 Anne will be talking about William Bankes the Exiled Collector to Blackmore Vale Nadfas March 17th, 2011 2.30pm Lunchtime talk to Kensington and Chelsea Nadfas on the Dollar Princesses Kensington Town Hall April 8th, 2011 Lunchtime Sheffield Women's Lecture Club Anne will be giving a talk on the Dollar Princesses at the Mercure St Pauls Hotel Sheffield February 22-23, 2012 Hamburg and Osnabruck Anne will be discussing her newly republished biography of Laura Ashley Watch This Space The Daffodil Maiden
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Jennie Churchill: Winston's American Mother Now in Paperback John Murray £12.99 "Sebba's prose is clear, her judgments sensible...But the real strength of the book is its examination of Jennie's role in shaping the character and career of Winston." Sunday Telegraph. Published in the US as American Jennie: the Remarkable Life of Winston Churchill's Mother |
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Anne arriving in New York on board Saga Ruby where she was a Guest Lecturer. Life on board was unexpectedly exciting as the ship was hit by severe storms - the worst Nor'easter for 15 years. New York suffered its wettest day for 104 years. But, just imagine all those rich young American women sailing across the Atlantic in the 19th century to embark on a life with an impoverished English aristocrat whom they barely knew, and all that time on the ocean to brood... |
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ARCHIVE NEWS AND EVENTS See interview with Anne 28 December 2007in Women's Wear Daily June 5th, 2008 London Anne will be the Special Guest Speaker at the Gala Silver Anniversary luncheon of the Kensington Chelsea Women's Club (KCWC) held in the Mountbatten Room of the RAC Club. The lunch is in aid of the Kensington Refuge for domestically mistreated women and the Punch & Judy Family Centre which offers subsidised daycare for children under 5 of women training for and seeking employment. Further information from www.kcwc.org.uk The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold opens at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre on June 5th- August 2nd 2008 tel 0870 060 6624 Anne has written the Programme Notes To buy a copy of the specially reprinted biography of Enid Bagnold email anne@annesebba.com Only a few remaining June 24th, 2008 6pm Anne will be in conversation with Director Michael Grandage at the Donmar Warehouse to discuss The Chalk Garden prior to the evening performance. July 10th, 2008 Richmond The History Girls Anne Sebba and Mavis Cheek in conversation at Waterstones. How two women calumnied by History have had their reputations restored by two women today. Free event To reserve a place apply to Waterstones in Richmond or anne@annesebba.com July 11th, 2008 Kingston Lacy Anne will be giving a lunchtime talk about William Bankes the Archaeologist as part of National Archaeology Week. July 12th, 2008 Dartington Festival Anne will talk about Jennie Churchill contact www.wayswithwords.co.uk tel 01803 867373 July 16th, 2008 London Jerwood Theatre Rada post show discussion between Anne and American-Israeli playwright Iris Bahr after a one day only showing of her one woman play, DAI. A sell out at Edinburgh last year for tickets www.jcclondon.org.uk
September 4th, 2008 Suffolk Book League talk Ipswich 7.30 p.m. October 16- 23, 2008 Cruise Anne will be the Guest Lecturer for Fred Olsen on the Braemar in the Western Mediterranean calling at Cannes, Rome, Barcelona and Ceuta October 29th, 2008 Anne will give a talk to the Friends of Croydon Libraries about Jennie Churchill November 2nd, 2008 Anne will chair an event with Philip Hensher and Elizabeth Jane Howard on Virago Modern Classics. November 6th, 2008 Anne will join Jonathan Aitken, Simon Hoggart and Sarah Tucker to discuss: "The most important Book ever written." November 8-10th, 2008 Florida Anne will be the Guest Speaker at the Florida branch of the English-Speaking Union at a Gala Anniversary dinner, Followed by a day of publicity in New York to promote Safe Passage (Mira Books) November 25th, 2008 London British Library Panel on Research for History Post Graduate Students November 29th , 2008 Dorset History Centre Anne will give a talk on William Bankes, the Exiled Collector . Further information tel 01305 250550 January 21st, 2009 Barnes Literary Society Anne will talk about Women of Influence... How they acquire it and how they use it. Laura Ashley, Mother Teresa and Jennie Churchill 8pm, The Old Sorting Office Barnes www.barnesliterarysociety.org.uk January 22nd, 4pm 2009 Puney Ideas Exchange (Pie) Anne will give a talk to the girls of Putney High School, London January 28th, 8.30 pm 2009 Book club evening to discuss Jennie Churchill Private Event January 30th, 2009 Anne Sebba in conversation with Lydia Syson, author of Doctor of Love, at East Sheen Library 3pm to discuss the changing nature of biography and the cult of celebrity. February 9, 2009 Anne in conversation with Anne de Courcy, author of a new biography of Anthony Armstrong Jones, discussing: How to write about subjects who have had many lovers? The literary and musical soiree will be at the new Musical Museum across Kew Bridge in Brentford and will include a recital by the American pianist, Miriam Brickman. Further information from February 22nd, 2009 12.30 pm - Sea of Azov Anne will chair a discussion on this collection of Short Stories at Jewish Book Week with Michelene Wandor, Tamar Yellin, Karen Maitland and Tania Hershman February 23rd, 2009 Lewes Monday Literary Club 8.00 pm Anne will give a talk about Jennie Churchill February 28th, 2009 BBC Radio 3 12.15 pm The Daffodil Maiden, a 50 minute drama documentary about the life of pianist Harriet Cohen written and presented by Anne Sebba. March 3rd, 2009 Anne will give an Illustrated Talk about Jennie Churchill to the American Women of Berkshire and Surrey (AWBS) members only March 11th, 2009 7.30 pm Evening Talk to the East Dorset Heritage Trust on William Bankes The Exiled Collectoer March 19th , 2009 2pm Anne will lecture to the Windlebrook Decorative and Fine Arts Society on William Bankes, the Exiled Collector. Details to follow March 19th, 2009 8pm Panel Discussion chaired by Daniel Finkelstein London with Mark Urban, Valerie Solti, Irma Kurtz and Norman Lebrecht April 2nd, 2009 OxfordFringe/SundayTimes Oxford Literary Festival The Relevance of Biography to History with Susan Ronald as moderator. Panellists include Dr Anna Beer of Oxford University (Young John Milton), Ian Kelly (Casanova, Sunday Times' Biography of the Year) and Kate Williams (Young Victoria)and Anne Sebba (Jennie CHurchill and William Bankes). 6pm start. To book, go to www.oxfringe.com April 23rd 2009 Anne will give an evening talk on Women of Influence to a Working Women's Network June 12-14th, 2009 London Anne will be Speaking at the King's College Literary Festival as part of the Alumni Weekend. Details to Follow June 30th, 2009 Anne is a judge for a U3A Creative Writing project and will present the prizes on June 30th September 12th, 2009 Anne will be leading a workshop on "How to get published in non- Fiction" at the Kingston Conference http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/activities/ October 4th, 2009 Chewton Glen, Hampshire Anne will give a lunchtime talk on Jennie Churchill as part of the luxury hotel's special events programme October 15th, 2009 Anne will talk to the American Women of North West Surrey about THE DOLLAR PRINCESSES American Women who traded their money for titles and helped shore up Europe's crumbling aristocracy. |
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April 2007 Enchanting Film of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day starring Frances McDormand and Ciaran Hinds now released in UK based on book by Winifred Watson. The 94 year old author gave one of her last interviews to Anne Sebba in November 2000 in Newcastle. See Journalism/ Bodice Ripping Fame aged 94 For latest news on the film see www.persephonebooks.co.uk Safe Passage by Ida Cook Anne has written the introduction to this remarkable true story of two English sisters who rescued Jews from the Nazis. Reissued after 50 years. Publication date Sept 19 2008 Mira Books £7.99 Sea of Azov
Five Leaves Publishing £9.99
"The dark menace lurking in the best fairy tales is never far from the surface..."
Anne has written the introduction to a collection of short stories by writers including Tamar Yellin, Ali Smith, Nicole Krauss and Richard Zimler.
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hear a broadcast of the lecture Anne gave about William Bankes - The
Exiled Collector at the Boston Athenaeum during her last US lecture
tour organised by
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Spectator Books of The Year 2004: The Exiled Collector "The stuff of which novels are made." November 2009 USA Lecture Tour on THE DOLLAR PRINCESSES Further information from For tickets email jmmcahey@royal-oak.org Nov 2 Grolier Club New York Nov 4 with the ESU at the Women's Athletic Club, Chicago Nov 5 Union League Club Philadelphia Nov 6 Acorn Club lunch Nov 7 Memphis Brooks Museum of Art November 12th, 2009 Watch Anne talking about Laura Ashley on BBC TV's Flog it!
November 15th, 2009 Anne will be on the panel for Desert Island Books at the Orange Tree Theatre chaired by Lee Langley Further information from
November 18th, 2009 Anne will be chairing a discussion lunch at the Savile Club with William Shawcross talking about his new biography of Queen Elizabeth in aid of PEN. Details from www.savileclub.co.uk
November 30th, 2009 Morning Lecture On William Bankes the Exiled Collector to members of U3A Hampstead Town Hall December 1st, 2009 Anne will talk about Jennie Churchill at Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution Further Information from
February 9th, 2010 7pm Rescue and Romance Anne will be giving a specially commissioned talk on behalf of The Wiener Library Love in Word and Deed about Ida and Louise Cook, sisters who saved Jews and became Righteous Gentiles Further information from February 23nd, 2010 7pm Godolphin and Latymer School Inaugural Arts Festival. Anne Sebba in conversation with Francine Stock on Women Behind the Throne or email artsfestival@ godolphinandlatymer.com February 28th, 2010 12.30 pm Anne will be in conversation with Anita Diamant, bestselling author of The Red Tent, to discuss her new book Day After Night. Tickets from
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