Author: Cherry Potts

  • Blackheath Cendrillon: A Post from the Court Poet, Grand Duchess Elizabette

    Blackheath Cendrillon: A Post from the Court Poet, Grand Duchess Elizabette

    ‘CENDRILLON’ – A TRIBUTE The skies above were leaden, the clouds loomed dark and grey, but, at the Halls, the mood was light, all musical and gay. Forget the Jubilympics,  forget the Torch Relay, ‘Cinderella, the Opera’ is the order of the day. Nick Jenkins was regaling us with tales of Gay Paree, La Belle…

  • Blackheath Cendrillon: Prince Charming’s Dilema

    Blackheath Cendrillon: Prince Charming’s Dilema

    L.C. Spinetti here again, I got in a bit of trouble with that recording earlier, Harriet says she’s going to sue me, but only when she needs the publicity. However the head honchos at REALly?! really liked it, and I got a pay rise and a commission to take pictures of all the eligible Gels…

  • Blackheath Cendrillon: At Home with the Haltieres

    OMG! Have I got a Scoopydoop of a Scoop!  Madame de la Haltiere is going to be sued! Sorry forgot to say, L.C. Spinetti here.  Have a listen to this sound file, where Harriet Lime, director of Season 5 of At Home with the Haltieres reveals what it is really like behind the scenes at…

  • Blackheath Cendrillon: Prince Charming … alarming

    Blackheath Cendrillon: Prince Charming … alarming

    L.C.Spinetti here again, Cherry’s too busy with Arachne Press to cover the unfolding drama at court, so REALly!? have given me a short commission to keep up with action in the small kingdom of BlackHeath.  Quite a change from covering Crufts. So you’ll never guess who I met on the heath this morning. The Royal…

  • Blackheath Cendrillon: Princesses’ Hour

    Blackheath Cendrillon: Princesses’ Hour

    A Guest blog here from L.C. Spinetti, roving reporter for REALly?! magazine, part of the REALly?! Empire which includes everyone’s favourite REALity show At Home With the Haltieres™, (the first installment of the fifth season is aired on July 17th at a special showing at Blackheath Halls.  You can book your tickets here.) Last night…

  • Last chance to book Myth and Music

    WRITING WITH YOUR EARS: Myth and Music will be cancelled if there are not enough takers.  if you were thinking of coming please book asap! Explore the enduring power of fairy tale as part of the Blackheath Community Opera experience, join local author (and opera chorus member) Cherry Potts for an opportunity to write your…

  • Tall Tales at the Tavern

    Tall Tales at the Tavern Join WOOA Brockley Writers’ Group for an evening of stories by local writers: Bartle Sawbridge, Cherry Potts, Clare Sandling, David Bausor, Joan Taylor Rowan, Rosalind Stopps Read by Gill Stoker and Mike Burnside Followed by a flash fiction open mic session for any other writers who want to join in,…

  • Food for Thought

    Writing Workshop and Writers’ Lunch At the Swindon Festival of Literature Lower Shaw Farm West Swindon Wiltshire SN5 5PJ Tel 01793 771080 12.30pm – 5pm 19 May • £25 12.30pm – 1.30pm WRITERS’ LUNCH where healthy homemade food will nourish you and meeting other writers at table may inspire you! 1.30pm – 5pm WRITING WORKSHOP:…

  • Lester in Brockley (and Croydon)

    Light relief from nursing A (she wouldn’t agree I’m nursing, but that’s shorthand for everything I wouldn’t normally do, and am now doing at high speed and with one arm strapped up and the other coming out in sympathy) five happy hours, round the corner at St Hilda’s church hall, learning new songs with Lester…

  • Easter Breaks and Sense and Sensibility

    We had such a nice weekend planned; travel down to Bath Thursday evening, stay with J&T until Sunday, then go on to J&S for another couple of days.  The plans were full of good food and long walks in the spring filled valleys. We started well, with a walk round the fields and woods of…