{"id":234,"date":"2012-02-09T15:13:50","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T15:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeangrovetrust.org.uk\/?p=234"},"modified":"2014-09-30T17:16:43","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T16:16:43","slug":"doodle-auction-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jeangrovetrust.org.uk\/?p=234","title":{"rendered":"Doodle Auction announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An auction of celebrity doodles and paper memorabilia will be held in Michaelhouse, Trinity Street, Cambridge at 6.30 pm on March 28th 2012. The auction is in aid of the Jean Grove Trust, a local charity which pays for the education of extremely poor children in Ethiopia, supporting schools in Bahir Dar on the shores of Lake Tana, in Zizencho in the inaccessible south and in the harsh border region of Tigray, in the far north.<\/p>\n

The doodles and manuscripts to be auctioned include items by statesmen and\u00a0politicians as diverse as Lech Walesa, Herman von Rompuy and Jeffrey Archer,by literary figures from Sebastian Faulks\u00a0 and Clive James to Margaret Drabble and Seamus Heaney, by journalists and broadcasters from Alan Rusbridger and Jon Snow to Bamber Gascoigne and Lloyd Grossman. The composer James MacMillan has offered some original bars of music. The novelist PD James has given fascinating insight into her working methods with the donation of some pages of typescript from her latest thriller, \u201cDeath comes to Pemberley\u201d, with her hand-written emendations. Cartoonists Gerald Scarfe and the Daily Mail\u2019s Mahood have donated superb drawings, and the Archbishop of Canterbury has produced a rather surprising episcopal seal. \u00a0Perhaps of most topical interest will be the drawing by Julian Fellowes of Mary and Matthew finally united at Downton Abbey which is expected to be highly sought-after. All the auction items will be on display in Michaelhouse in the week leading up to the auction, and will shortly be displayed online at jeangrovetrust.org.uk.<\/p>\n

It is possible to leave bids by email in the days leading up to the auction, if you are unable to be present on the day: please contact us at doodleauction@jeangrovetrust.org.uk to express interest. The auction itself promises to be a real event, however: it will be preceded by a short programme of songs by Ivor Novello and Rogers and Hart, performed by soprano Alison Daniels accompanied by pianist Ralph Woodward. Tickets for the event are \u00a310 the pair, obtainable by e-mail, from enquiries@jeangrovetrust.org.uk<\/p>\n

The Trust is a small Cambridge\u2013based charity, founded in 1999 at the instigation of the late Dr Jean Grove, geographer and Fellow of Girton College Cambridge. The Trust supports directly four schools in different parts of Ethiopia, paying for the clothes, food, books and fees of the poorest children. The Trust has no overheads or administration costs: every penny that is donated goes to the schools, and direct contact between the schools and the Trust ensures that the money is directed to where it is needed most.<\/p>\n

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