CLIVE CONWAY PRESENTS POSTING LETTERS TO THE MOON WITH LUCY FLEMING AND SIMON WILLIAMS
An evening of wartime letters between the actress Celia Johnson and her husband Peter Fleming read by their daughter, Lucy Fleming, and Simon Williams.
These touching and amusing letters from Celia to her husband tell of her experiences during the war – from coping with a large isolated house full of evacuated children, learning to drive a tractor, dealing with rationing, becoming an auxiliary police-woman and all the while accepting offers, when she could get away, to act.
She went on to act for David Lean, Noel Coward, wartime propaganda films & broadcasts, and ultimately in 1945 starring in Brief Encounter for which she received an Oscar nomination.
Peter Fleming was away for most of the war - he writes about his adventures and trials working on deception in India and the Far East.
Not only are the letters highly engaging but they also provide a fascinating historical insight into a time of true austerity and fearfulness.
£20 (£18)
Sat 17 Jan 2026
Have you ever caught yourself hovering over the sink, eating pasta straight out of the saucepan, entirely conv...
Thurs 19 Mar 2026
Historian and textile scholar, Dr Dorothy Armstrong, tells the stories of the so...
Thurs 13 Nov
The first iron railway opened in 1825, a new way of travelling and transport. Th...
Sat 1 Nov
The silent masterpiece with a brand-new live score! The Film Made in the immediate aftermath of the First Wo...
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Vincent died in 1890, John died in 1980, both of gunshot wounds to the chest. But imagine what might have happ...
Sat 2 May 2026
Part of Stamford Verse Festival Join poet Roger McGough as he performs poems fr...
Sat 2 May 2026
Part of Stamford Verse Festival The Further Adventures of Monsieur Robinet: Joh...
Tues 7 Apr 2026
Philippa takes a long look at the Drama as performed in Stamford, stretching ove...