The Edinburgh Skating Club

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Now there is nothing wrong with not being transgender, but I do think it’s an odd choice for the author to make. I am unsure if Sloan realised quite how trans coded her main character is, or if that was an accident. These things are easy to do. In the winter months, the Edinburgh Skating Club held regular dinners, which were of great importance in the club's social life. Michelle Sloan’s debut adult novel, The Edinburgh Skating Club (Polygon 2022) skilfully combines two narratives, one set in 18 th century Edinburgh and the other in the 21 st. The two are connected by the well-known painting of a figure skating in a perfectly balanced position with one leg extended behind the body on what may be Duddingston Loch, often called The Skating Minister. Jeanette Altwegg and Barbara Wyatt were again 1st and 3rd in the European Championships in Vienna. At the Vl th Winter Olympic Games in Oslo, Jeanette Altwegg became the first British gold medal winner since Madge Syers in 1908.

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I first saw the Raeburn painting of the skating minister at the National Gallery as a little girl, and I was amused at the formal pose and dress for such an athletic sport. (This was around the time of Torvill and Dean). Later, I had to write about this painting for a Standard Grade Art & Design critical essay. This painting is iconic. So when I saw the cover of The Edinburgh Skating Club, I had to read it. I loved this story of the painting, Edinburgh literary society, and misogyny during the Enlightenment... Also, the way female academics are treated now. It doesn't seem like very much has changed. Although in many respects it is true to life and contains some historical figures, The Edinburgh Skating Club (2022) is a work of fiction. Those who wish to know more about the origins, membership, customs, and rules of the Club can find much interesting information in The Edinburgh Skating Club 1778-1966 (pictured left) by Margaret Elliot and published in volume XXXIII of the Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, part 2, (1971). Vth Winter Olympic Games were held in St Moritz, Switzerland. Jeanette Altwegg gained bronze for Britain in the Ladies event. The NSA instituted tests in pair skating at bronze, silver and gold level. Also the Junior Pair Skating Championship was introduced. 1950

The World Men's Championship was held at the Ice Club, Westminster. The winner was the legendary Swedish architect, poet and painter, Gillis Grafstrom(1893-1938) Three time Olympic Gold medallist and runner up in 1932, he seldom bothered to enter the World Championships, but when he did , he won. The first NSA Professional Dance Championship was won by Walter Gregory and Muriel Roberts. Walter Gregory is the inventor of the Rhumba. 1940-1943 The Manchester Ice Palace opened. In the 1920's, it was for several years the only rink in England. It closed some 50 years later 1912 I found the overall idea nice but somewhat the narrative is a bit contrived, the story takes turns that are too improbable at times - I won't say more because I don't want to create spoilers. The NSA organised the 33rd Congress of the International Skating Union at Maidenhead in Berkshire. 1971

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The Edinburgh Skating Club | Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher - buy books online <img height="1" width="1"Catalogue of Archives and Manuscripts Collections | National Library of Scotland | NLSMSS | Minutes, accounts, and miscellaneous papers of the Edinburgh Skating Club". manuscripts.nls.uk. National Library of Scotland . Retrieved 25 January 2022. Rinks began to re-open after the war. The British Championships were revived in May at Wembley. Championship winners were Cecilia Colledge, Graham Sharp and Denis and Winifred Silverthorne. The NSA held its first International style competition at the Hippodrome in Brighton. Edgar Syers(1863-1946) was 3rd in the World Championships in Davos. The ISU held its lVth Congress in London.

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Valda Osborn, age 9 years 263 days became the youngest ever to pass her Gold medal NSA figure test on D-Day 6th June 1944. Her record still stands in the 21st century . 1946 The claim to the 1642 founding date appears to derive from a small book published by the club council in 1865, The Edinburgh Skating-Club with Diagrams of Figures and a List of the Members. As of that writing, the club's oldest extant records were dated January 1778, and the reference to 1642 appeared only in club records from long after that period. [1] At the first World Ice Dance Championships in Paris, Laurence Demmy and Jean Westwood were the winners and John Slater and Joan Dewhirst came second. 1953 In 1920s Scotland a foreign dignitary on a secret visit has been abducted by men who plan to murder him. British Ice Skating transfers its operational base to the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, putting it in amongst other sporting National Governing Bodies with access to modern, state-of-the-art facilities.The world's first skating club was formed - the Edinburgh Skating Club. To join applicants had to pass a test: skate a complete circle on each foot, and then jump over first one hat, then two hats, then three hats each on top of the other. 1772 Mollie Phillips became the first woman to referee any ISU Championship when she officiated in the Ice Dance Championships. Claire Sharp is an art historian who’s asked to solve a mystery - was the famous painting of the Skating Minister actually painted by Raeburn? Her investigations lead her to ask another question: WHO is the Skating Minister? Secondly, in the modern day the character Claire struggles to sell her Edinburgh flat. Edinburgh is going through a housing crisis so this is highly unlikely. Add to this... how did an art professor afford a flat which costs cost to half a million pounds in the modern day? University salaries are higher than we realise. The NSA organised the European Championships at the National Exhibition Centre Solihull, Birmingham. 1990

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The first English club was formed in London - The Skating Club. It became the Royal Skating Club in 1932. 1841 King Edward Vll presented a cup for the amateur speed skating championship of Great Britain, always to take place outdoors in the Eastern Counties of Great Britain. It was awarded first to Albert Tebbit. The NSA revised its figure skating tests, introducing a new Preliminary test and an Inter-silver test. The first Junior Men's competition was held, the forerunner of the Junior Men's Championship. 1939The Olympic Games were held in London and the NSA organised the first ever skating events at Prince's Skating Club. Ulrich Salchow (Sweden) won the men's Gold medal. Mrs Syers won the women's title and with her husband, Edgar, took the Bronze in Pair skating. Other British skaters were second in the Pairs and also second and third in the Special Pattern Skating Competition for drawing complicated designs on the ice. 1909 Severe unemployment led to the British Government to enquire whether it was necessary to employ foreign Coaches at British Rinks. The NSA replied that it was, but decided to improve the quality of tuition by setting up Instructors tests at Bronze, Silver and Gold levels. Dutch engineers were employed to drain the Cambridgeshire fens, and they brought their skates with them. Thus began the popularity of outdoor speed skating in that area. 1683 Mirroring the historical friendship between middle aged women Alison and Katherine is an amusing modern couple, university historians Clare Sharp and Jenny Brodie. They are drawn into a strange conspiracy to prove that the famous picture by Henry Raeburn, The Skating Minister is in fact by another artist and of another subject. Outside Scotland, not everyone knows that there has been a real controversy over the authorship of this picture. Once I had learned of this, I further enjoyed Clare and Jenny’s detective work in museums and archives. But these scenes would be better if some conclusions had been left implicit, for the reader to draw.