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Archives for March 2016

Eisenstein’s Legacy

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Sergei Eisenstein

Film director Margy Kinmonth is speaking on Sergei Eisenstein’s influences in Film, Psychology and the Visual Arts.

Conference at the Courtauld Institute of Art, on Friday April 15th.

Click here for more information and tickets.

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On the set of Revolution, a new Margy Kinmonth film – coming soon

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

New Art for a New World - filming The Debate

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M – Fact or Fiction? Celebrating Bletchley Park

Monday, March 21, 2016

Who was M?
Who was M?

Margy Kinmonth’s talk at Celebrating Bletchley Park over the weekend took the audience through the Enigma of M himself. This insight into Admiral Godfrey’s public and private life was presented through images from her personal family archive and rare photos by Cecil Beaton and Dorothy Wilding.

Panel session Fact or Fiction at Bletchley
L-R: Elisa Seagrave, Craig Brown, Michael Smith, Margy Kinmonth, Bletchley veteran Betty Webb MBE, Sir Dermot Turing

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Fact or Fiction?

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

My grandfather was M
My grandfather was M

Admiral John Godfrey was Director of Naval Intelligence in WW2, and was later immortalised as the character “M” by his wartime assistant Ian Fleming, in the James Bond books.

Margy Kinmonth, granddaughter of M, is talking at Celebrating Bletchley: 12 noon on Sunday 20th March 2016 at Firle Place, East Sussex.

HMS Repulse
HMS Repulse

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What do these 4 people have in common?

Sunday, March 6, 2016

What do these 4 people have in common?
What do these 4 people have in common?…

They all played my grandfather!

Come and hear the talk on Tuesday…

Admiral John Godfrey (photo taken in Red Fort Delhi by Cecil Beaton)
Admiral John Godfrey (photo taken in Red Fort Delhi by Cecil Beaton)

Admiral Godfrey

Very Special Admiral

By his granddaughter MARGY KINMONTH

  • ADMIRAL GODFREY lived in Wilmington, Sussex for many years from 1948.
  • During the War he was Director of Naval Intelligence.
  • Godfrey was made Captain in 1928, Rear Admiral in 1939, Vice-Admiral in 1942 and Admiral in 1945, as well as being made a companion of the Order of Bath in 1939.
  • He was also awarded the ‘Order of the Nile’ of Egypt and made a Chevalier of the French Legion d’Honneur.

This promises to be a very riveting talk, on a truly eminent Wilmingtonion.

Godfrey was immortalised as ‘M’ in the James Bond books written by Ian Fleming his wartime assistant.

Location: Wilmington, Folkington and Milton Street Village Club

Date: 8th March 2016 at 7:30 pm

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