Friday 3 June 2011

Live tweets from Judy Golding's talk at the Salisbury Festival

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Lecture theatre here at Salisbury is almost completely full! 
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Strong Golding family link with Salisbury 
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Place very important in Golding's writing 
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Golding altered real places in his imagination 
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Salisbury always in his head 
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In The Spire, Golding shows the wildness that comes into the Cathedral 
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Golding was left handed which made navigation on land difficult. Dean Jocelin in The Spire also finds navigating difficult 
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Judy remembers visiting the cathedral as a very small girl with her father 
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Golding wrote very detailed descriptions in his books - linked to 'handiness' 
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Golding had a desire for dexterity 
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Put whole parts of his family life in his writing 
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Places not only locations; they are also metaphors 
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Golding saw writing as power. He felt able to change locations but always based on the familiar 
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Although left handed, Golding was forced to write with right hand at school 
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Judy had terrifying dream after her father's death in which he appeared then vanished like a photo on a fire 
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Judy: words are experiences 
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Golding regularly told stories to anyone who would listen! 
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Golding found teaching repetitive after a while. 
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Former pupil of Golding in the audience! 
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Golding inspired this pupil. Really enjoyed his teaching in the sixth form 
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Golding known as 'old scruff' to one former pupil in the audience! He also asked the pupils to count words on manuscripts 
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One former pupil remembers Golding telling them that a good novel should be read in one evening 
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Fascinating lecture; really interesting to hear from people who were taught by Golding here in Salisbury 










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