Founder Cecil Hunt
1949 and post-war Britain is slowly getting back on its feet. In the world of literature Enid Blyton’s character Noddy makes his first appearance and George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is published. Meanwhile in the Derbyshire village of Swanwick, the first Writer Circles’ Summer School takes place during August.
Fast forward to 2018 and August will see Swanwick Writers’ Summer School or, ‘Swanwick’, as it’s affectionately known, celebrate its platinum anniversary. In a much-changed world how has this school continued to take place for seventy consecutive years? What’s the secret that has kept it going? A look through its history helps provide an answer.