This Rosemary Sutcliff blog was praised by the Head of programmes at BBC Radio 7 in her weekly newsletter. Thank you! Much more important, a radio adaptation of The Eagle of the Ninth (also now becoming a film) was broadcast last week – Romie (for that is what I knew her as) would have been delighted, and so pleased that listeners appreciated it (although not all -se a detailed critique froma very disappointed listener in comments below). Maybe join me in signing up to the excellent newsletter … and do add a comment about your view.Read More »
Category: The Eagle of the Ninth
The Eagle (of the Ninth) film opens in USA in 2011 | Rosemary Sutcliff Discovery of the Day
The Eagle , film of the Rosemary Sutcliff book The Eagle of the Ninth, will now open across the USA on Friday, February 25th, 2011 (not this year in September). Focus Features’s press release yesterday says: Read More »
Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Eagle of the Ninth on BBC Radio 7 | Sword and Sandals Radio | Sutcliff Discovery of the Day
Rosemary Sutcliff bestseller The Eagle of the Ninth is on BBC Radio next week: it may be that the Beeb has been stirred by the coming film. Is this ‘sword and sandals’ or ‘swords and sandals’ radio?
Source: BBC Radio 7 Programmes – Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Eagle of the Ninth – Episodes coming up.
Rosemary Sutlciff did not find writing painless | Sutcliff Discovery of the Day
Rosemary Sutcliff once responded to a journalist’s suggestion that she made writing sound painless, even enjoyable, by shaking her head:
”No, it’s not really painless or enjoyable. Writing is perhaps just one degree less frightful than not writing!”
The Eagle of the Ninth film writer Rosemary Sutcliff and TV journalist Samira Ahmed passionate about Westerns
Film The Eagle of the Ninth original author Rosemary Sutcliff, historical novelist and children’s writer, loved a good Western movie. Kevin Macdonald, director of the new The Eagle of the Ninth film, draws on Westerns. Channel 4 newsreader and reporter Samira Ahmed writes an intriguing story of her own journey with Westerns, from age 8, at the Touching from a Distance website on popular culture. Read More »
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 