“You're most ambitious to succeed, self-reliant, born to lead. Your courage all can depend upon. Your boundless energy spurs you on. You have an argumentative mind and to suspicion you're inclined.” Scorpio
“You're most ambitious to succeed, self-reliant, born to lead. Your courage all can depend upon. Your boundless energy spurs you on. You have an argumentative mind and to suspicion you're inclined.” Scorpio
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Posted onWhispering Gallery 157 Out Now
Whispering Gallery 157 More about this issue The sight of medieval Russia’s wooden cities astonished contemporary travellers, including the men of St Mary’s. Our article ‘A Carpentry Culture’ concentrates on the dominance of wood as a building material for houses, churches and fortifications, giving readers of The Ringed Castle the background to the visual appearance […]
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International Dorothy Dunnett Day 2022
The twelfth IDDD was held on Saturday 12 November 2022. Twenty-four events took place around the world, in person or virtually, with readers raising a glass to Dorothy Dunnett at 1:00 pm local time. Contact iddd@ddsoc.org for information about future events near you.
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Posted onWhispering Gallery 156 Out Now
Whispering Gallery 156 In this issue, we explore the techniques Dorothy Dunnett employs that generate our ambivalence towards Austin Grey, and learn how reading Dunnett encouraged a reader to take an interest in learning and practising historical sword fighting. We look at the religious context of Checkmate and how the novel reflects themes that gave rise to […]
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Posted onWhispering Gallery 155 Out Now
Whispering Gallery Issue 155 Members of the Dorothy Dunnett Society are about to receive the latest issue of our fascinating and beautiful quarterly journal, Whispering Gallery.
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Dorothy Dunnett Society Weekend 2022
The Dunnett Weekend was held in Edinburgh, at the Royal Scots Club in Edinburgh’s Georgian New Town. This was our first in person event after the Covid 19 pandemic so was very much anticipated. The event started with our Welcome Meal on Friday 8th April 2022, then talks, lunch and our Annual General Meeting on […]
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International Women’s Day: a spotlight on Dorothy Dunnett
International Women’s Day International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8th March acknowledges the cultural, political and socioeconomic achievements of women. In addition, 2022 has been designated Scotland’s Year of Stories, which celebrates and promotes the wealth of stories inspired by, created or written in Scotland; so National Records of Scotland (NRS) has researched the lives of […]
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Posted onDunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries
Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries The Dorothy Dunnett Society has donated a set of the famous novelist’s books to Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries (DCL&G). Lesley Burnie, treasurer of the Dorothy Dunnett Society, said: “We were keen for libraries around the UK that have had a special connection to the life and works of Dorothy […]
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Posted onWhispering Gallery 153 Out Now
Whispering Gallery 153 Our quarterly magazine Whispering Gallery was posted to Dorothy Dunnett Society members in December 2021.
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International Dorothy Dunnett Day 2021
The eleventh IDDD was held on Saturday 13th November 2021! Twenty-two events took place around the world, virtually or in person, with readers raising a glass to Dorothy Dunnett at 1:00 pm local time. Contact iddd@ddsoc.org for information about future events near you.
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Posted onOrkney and North-East Scotland: the Dorothy Dunnett Guide
Orkney and North-East Scotland: the Dorothy Dunnett Guide We are pleased and proud to announce the publication of Orkney and North-East Scotland: The Dorothy Dunnett Guide. ‘They’re rebuilding the church of the old Pictish monastery. And now they have the feel of it, they’ve decided to knock down part of Earl Sigurd’s hall and build […]
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Posted onWhispering Gallery 150 Out Now
Whispering Gallery 150 Our quarterly magazine is dropping through the letterboxes of Dorothy Dunnett Society members around the world, and it’s a bumper issue, much of it dedicated to the book Dunnett herself considered her finest work, King Hereafter.
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Posted onWhispering Gallery 149 Out Now
Issue 149 of Whispering Gallery Our stunning quarterly magazine was sent out to Dorothy Dunnett Society members in December 2020. The epic sword fight between Lymond and Richard at Flaw Valleys is one of the great set pieces in the novels. December’s Whispering Gallery focuses on the choreography of the fight as Dorothy Dunnett describes it, […]