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THE <strong>HERALD</strong> • MID-<strong>FEBRUARY</strong> <strong>2024</strong> • Tel: 01530 244069 • Email: info@markfieldherald.co.uk<br />
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Markfield WI NEWS<br />
Lynda Owen reports<br />
IN DECEMBER the WI decorated a tree for the Methodist<br />
Church Tree Festival with the theme of Hark the Herald<br />
Angels Sing.<br />
Angels for the tree were made by members with some very impressive<br />
efforts. Keeping up the Christmas feeling our final meeting of 2023 was<br />
a Christmas party complete with a pass the parcel Secret Santa which<br />
everyone seemed to enjoy.<br />
We started <strong>2024</strong><br />
with a talk by<br />
Sue Drage on<br />
Recycling with a<br />
Difference. Sue<br />
brought along<br />
samples of items<br />
she had made<br />
from recycled<br />
materials including<br />
plastic (bags and<br />
cushions made<br />
from knitted plastic<br />
bags), paper (book<br />
art and greetings<br />
cards) and metal<br />
(a nice line in<br />
paperclip earrings)<br />
and many other<br />
things. It was a<br />
very interesting<br />
evening.<br />
Sue Drage spoke about Recycling with a Difference<br />
PERHAPS THE sign should be lower so the dog can see it,<br />
as clearly the owners can’t be bothered to read it!<br />
There is also a dog bin about 10 feet away!<br />
We did pick this up as any responsible dog owner should do.<br />
Markfield Resident<br />
Book News SNIPPETS<br />
• A new adaptation of David Nicholls’ One Day is coming to Netflix,<br />
with all 14 episodes launching on 8 February.<br />
• Way Back, the second novel by the broadcaster and author Sara<br />
Cox, is published in March.<br />
• Prince Harry’s autobiography,<br />
Spare, was the bestselling book on<br />
Amazon in 2023.<br />
• Whilst Gruffalo creator, Julia<br />
Donaldson, was named the UK’s<br />
bestselling author for the fourth<br />
year in a row.<br />
• James Patterson has co-authored<br />
a standalone novel with the late<br />
author and film-maker Michael<br />
Crichton, 15 years after Crichton’s<br />
death.<br />
Eruption, due out in June, is based<br />
on Crichton’s unfinished “passion<br />
project” which his wife discovered<br />
after his death and asked<br />
Patterson to complete.<br />
From Leicester Libraries Book News<br />
• THE SPEAKER at our February meeting will<br />
be Geoff Harris with tales of his career as a<br />
Toastmaster.<br />
The competition is an interesting wine glass.<br />
People write ‘Congrats’ because they can’t spell congrajlashins.
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