Essex Belongs To … Eric Ravilious’s Essex
Without spilling too many beans (and no names mentioned, we promise), here are just some of the topics we know are fascinating Essex writers this week:
* Arriving in Essex from London two years ago & my family’s mixed fortunes
* When Dan Brown meets Belfairs Park
* The Essex music scene
* A childhood as an Essex farmer’s daughter
* A job travelling throughout the county
* The Thames Estuary
* Memories of a childhood in wartime Southend
* The Peculiar People
* Tom Driberg and Bradwell
* The Essex seaside
* Revolutionary Tolstoyan communities in Wickford
* The Communist vicar in Thaxted
* The South Essex plotlands
* Being a Kinderstransport refugee in Harwich
* Starting and finishing a world journey in Essex
* Finding a home in Essex after persecution
* New Town visions
* Why Towie isn’t all bad
* The Great Bardfield artists, Eric Ravilious and Edward Bawden
This is just the tip of the iceberg by the way – we look forward to receiving and hearing about the Essex that belongs to YOU. The deadline is 1 November 2016 and you can find out more about how to enter – and tips on creative writing – at www.essexbelongstous.org Good luck!
