A Place In History:
Britain's headline news stories remembered
Leisure
Celebrate Reading with Book Week Scotland
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cotland’s first ever national celebration of reading is taking place from the 26 November until 2 December 2012. Organised by Scottish Book Trust on behalf of Creative Scotland, Book Week Scotland aims to bring Scots of all ages and from all walks of life together to celebrate books and reading. As well as attending the many events that are taking place, you can get involved by volunteering as a book lover willing to make reading recommendations to people during Book Week Scotland. To find out more, visit their website www. scottishbooktrust.com/bookweekscotland The search is also on for The League of Extraordinary Booklovers who are willing to volunteer throughout Book Week Scotland by sharing their passion for reading and knowledge of books with people, inspiring them to read more. If you would like to take part in Book Week Scotland as a member of The League of Extraordinary Booklovers – or you would like to nominate someone email theleague@scottishbooktrust.com and explain (300 words max) why you should be selected for The League. The closing date is 14 September 2012.
Published by Ammonite, October 2012 (RRP £14.99 but readers can get 30% off between 1st October & 1st January 2013 by calling 01273 488005 and quoting R3792). In A Place in History, former BBC journalist and latterly Director of the National Media Museum, Colin Philpott, takes us on a journey of discovery around Britain to places of political, cultural and social significance, as well as places immortalised by a single incident. The author taps into our fascination with a sense of place and our need to walk on the ground where history was made and to discover what happened next. Largely the history of ordinary places touched by extraordinary events, the book examines what happened, how the enduring legacies of these events have shocked and shaped our country but also looks at the longerterm impact of events on places once the cameras stopped rolling and the news crews moved on to the next story. The places and events featured in A Place in History include the Aberfan Disaster, the Lockerbie bombing, serial killer doctor Harold Shipman’s surgery, the scene of Concorde’s first flight, the birthplace of The Beatles, a hotel that slid into the sea, the ward where the world’s first test-tube baby was born, the spot where Pickles the dog discovered the stolen World Cup and the place where a snail in a bottle made legal history.
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