Griselda Heppel

Not a witch. Author ANTE'S INFERNO, Children's Winner People's Book Prize. THE FALL OF A SPARROW won a Wishing Shelf award & shortlisted for Rubery Book Award.

[Griselda Heppel @GriseldaHeppel]

Love these young reviewers!

[Lissa Evans @LissaKEvans]

It's 39 days until the publication of this. There's enough misery in the world, so I wanted to write something purely funny, for the 11/12/13 year old that lives in your house or in your grown-up heart....

[Griselda Heppel @GriseldaHeppel]

@theabingdontaxi @Writers_Artists Ha ha thank you!

[Griselda Heppel @GriseldaHeppel]

Happy Publication Day Children's @Writers_Artists Yearbook 2027! THE handbook for all aspiring children's writers and illustrators, packed with lists of publishers, agents and other denizens of the book world, & inspiring articles... among which, ahem, you may find mine.

[Ian Tindale @IanTindale]

One of the most perfect songs ever written IMHO, and released today to celebrate this anniversary. I just loved recording it. Have a listen 👇 and more soon!

[Madeline Grant @Madz_Grant]

I'd really like to know when the @Tate plans to put the Resurrection, Cookham by Stanley Spencer back on public display? One of the standout pieces of 20th century British art and it's been out of view for what feels like ages

This came after they put up an explanatory plaque accusing Spencer of “reinforcing racist stereotypes and divisions” in the painting. If they are, as it seems, sitting on Spencer's masterpiece because they are ashamed of it, then the Resurrection should be displayed by people who aren't embarrassed. The Stanley Spencer gallery in Cookham would have no such qualms! Sorry, it's too important a painting to shove in a basement because your trustees are pussies

[Christ Church Cathedral School Music Department @CathedralSchool]

A busy last two weeks of term ahead for our @ChChCathedralOx and @WorcCollegeOx #choristers, with an exciting recording project for both groups - covering music from Taverner to Chilcott #choir #education #oxford

[Griselda Heppel @GriseldaHeppel]

This is so true. Reading for my English degree I recognised more and more echoes of classical mythology, Plato, Dante and Medieval and Renaissance literature in the chronicles of Narnia. They lay a fabulous foundation for later literary appreciation.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

The Narnia books get unfairly dismissed as children’s books, when in fact Lewis was paying homage to the medieval and Renaissance literature he taught and loved. The walled garden in The Magician’s Nephew is cribbed from the thirteenth-century poem The Romance of the Rose. The Lady of the Green Kirtle draws inspiration from the evil enchantresses in Spenser’s Faerie Queene; the green of her kirtle alludes to Thomas the Rhymer and Sir Gawain & the Green Knight. The whole series rings with echoes of Dante. Lewis was able to write a great work of literature because he had a mind utterly steeped in the classics.

[Christ Church Cathedral School @CCCSOxford]

Our @pembrokeoxford Choristers are on a high today following last night's incredible Evensong at @ChChCathedralOx The boys were outstanding, performing works by Purcell and Dyson & a stunning solo by George. Congratulations Pembroke! 👏🎶

#CCCSOxford #Pembroke #Choir #Evensong

[Griselda Heppel @GriseldaHeppel]

A Twinkle of Clichés - or Should That be a Clicking? https://t.co/7geYzags6u via @GriseldaHeppel

[Griselda Heppel @GriseldaHeppel]

No Poo at the Point! - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/04bz3Vibf4 via @UKChange Please resist Southern Water's plan for a sewage outlet on this beautiful, popular beach in Bembridge, Isle of Wight.

[Griselda Heppel @GriseldaHeppel]

No Poo at the Point! https://t.co/FyGNFrFXnE via @UKChange Please sign the petition against Southern Water’s plan to build a huge sewage overflow pipe at Bembridge Point, Isle of Wight. A terrible place for raw sewage.

[Gerald Finley @GeraldFinley]

Happy 125th Birthday @wigmore_hall!
Many happy times and see you December 10th!
@juliusdrake @HewittJSB @polenzanitenor @AliceCoote #ChristianGerhaher #AnnaProhaska
https://t.co/Ofu52wA60j

[Matthew Rose @roseandfriends]

Happy 125th Birthday @wigmore_hall
So grateful for many opportunities to sing on your stage, and hear remarkable friends perform in your amazing acoustic (just wish you had a little more leg room for your seats)

[Griselda Heppel @GriseldaHeppel]

@GeraldFinley @SchlossElmau1 @juliusdrake Takes me back to the days I worked there as a Hilferin. Would LOVE to have come to your concert then!

[Eleanor Parker @ClerkofOxford]

Whitsuntide, the days after Pentecost, was for centuries *the* time of the year for holiday-making and summer fun - fairs, plays, games, and parades. It's the reason we have a Bank Holiday in late May, which this year falls nicely on Whit Monday itself. https://t.co/x0bWsxlw3j

[Lissa Evans @LissaKEvans]

I have the last 2 proofs of 'My Name is MacKenzie Bly', which I wrote because I have always loved and cherished books that make me laugh, and I wanted to write something purely funny. I *think* it's for everyone over 11.
It's out in August. RT by end of tomorrow to win a copy.

[Nature 🦜and Music 🎶 @GuGi263]

A baby otter at a British sanctuary, who was initially afraid of water, gradually becomes accustomed to it and learns to dive thanks to a device devised by zookeepers that requires it to enter the water to catch fish.

[EDS Canada Foundation @EDSCanadaFnd]

On this Mother's Day, EDS Canada Foundation wishes to recognize our Mothers and the multigenerational impact EDS has on women. Caring for their families while living with chronic pain and fatigue.
#EDSCanada #EDSAwareness #Mothers

[Matthew Rose @roseandfriends]

Happy birthday GREAT Dame Felicity Lott
What a career, what a classy artist..what a lady!!
Grateful for you!!

[j wall ✡ @jwhaifa]

When the British soldiers walked through the gates of Bergen-Belsen on April 15, 1945, one of the first prisoners they spoke to was a thin woman in a dirty coat who stepped forward without being asked and started giving them instructions.
She told them where the sickest prisoners were. She told them which barracks held women who could still be saved. She told them, very calmly, that there were children in the camp. Hundreds of them. Some still alive. Some not.
The soldiers asked who she was.
She said: I am Dr. Bimko. I am a dentist. I will help you.
She had been in the camp for ten weeks.💔💔💔❤️✡️