{"id":79,"date":"2014-03-25T19:48:35","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T19:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/waughandwords\/?p=79"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:22:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:22:18","slug":"adult-learners-week-special-a-handful-of-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/waughandwords\/2014\/03\/25\/adult-learners-week-special-a-handful-of-dust\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Learners&#8217; Week Special: A Handful of Dust"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_83\" style=\"width: 221px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/waughandwords\/files\/2014\/03\/dust1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83\" alt=\"American dust jacket of the first edition of A Handful of Dust, 1934.\" src=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/waughandwords\/files\/2014\/03\/dust1-211x300.jpg\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/waughandwords\/files\/2014\/03\/dust1-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/waughandwords\/files\/2014\/03\/dust1.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-83\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">facsimiledustjackets.com\/cgi-bin\/fdj455\/5072.html<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Book Group is delighted to be taking part in Leicester libraries&#8217; Adult Learners&#8217; Week,\u00a0which runs form 14-20 June\u00a02014.\u00a0On the Saturday 14th, we will be discussing <em>A Handful of Dust<\/em>, hailed by many as Evelyn Waugh&#8217;s best novel. Email Barbara to book your free place, or comment below to kickstart the conversation online.<\/p>\n<p>When: Saturday 14th June, 11.00am-1.00pm<\/p>\n<p>Where: <a title=\"Leicester Central Library\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leicester.gov.uk\/your-council-services\/education-lifelong-learning\/leicesterlibraries-home-page\/locations\/centrallibrary\/\">Leicester Central Library<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contact: <a href=\"mailto:waughbookgroupleicester@gmail.com\">waughbookgroupleicester@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Book Group is delighted to be taking part in Leicester libraries&#8217; Adult Learners&#8217; Week,\u00a0which runs form 14-20 June\u00a02014.\u00a0On the Saturday 14th, we will be discussing A Handful of Dust, hailed by many as Evelyn Waugh&#8217;s best novel. Email Barbara to book your free place, or comment below to kickstart the conversation online. When: Saturday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-waugh-book-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/waughandwords\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/waughandwords\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/waughandwords\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/waughandwords\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/waughandwords\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/waughandwords\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/waughandwords\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/waughandwords\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/waughandwords\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/waughandwords\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}