{"id":1574,"date":"2019-05-20T17:01:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T17:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?p=1574"},"modified":"2019-05-20T17:05:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T17:05:05","slug":"magical-barnes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?p=1574","title":{"rendered":"Magical Barnes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1567\" style=\"width: 1546px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190511_215112.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1567\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1567 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190511_215112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190511_215112.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190511_215112-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190511_215112-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190511_215112-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190511_215112-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drumming up an audience with my superhero cape!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It probably helps that when you step off the train at Barnes Station, you feel more like you&#8217;re entering an enchanted wood than a London suburb, but my first experience of the Barnes Children&#8217;s Literature Festival was really magical.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/A80AA444-B894-4362-BFF9-A8D66EDC2886.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1580 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/A80AA444-B894-4362-BFF9-A8D66EDC2886-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/A80AA444-B894-4362-BFF9-A8D66EDC2886-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/A80AA444-B894-4362-BFF9-A8D66EDC2886-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/A80AA444-B894-4362-BFF9-A8D66EDC2886-624x468.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/A80AA444-B894-4362-BFF9-A8D66EDC2886.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was slightly nerve-wracking to discover that my 10.30am free session had an audience of precisely no one at 10.27am. But &#8211; abracadabra &#8211; by 10.30am a pretty-much full-house had appeared. They listened attentively to\u00a0<em>The Niggle,\u00a0<\/em>joined in the actions, and then made some awesome superhero capes and masks<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5E3EE52C-C33F-4E6F-BAE3-81495CD68FAD.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1581 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5E3EE52C-C33F-4E6F-BAE3-81495CD68FAD-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5E3EE52C-C33F-4E6F-BAE3-81495CD68FAD-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5E3EE52C-C33F-4E6F-BAE3-81495CD68FAD-300x400.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5E3EE52C-C33F-4E6F-BAE3-81495CD68FAD.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5E3EE52C-C33F-4E6F-BAE3-81495CD68FAD-624x832.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And then I was left spell-bound by some real-life superheroes: Axel Scheffler with his enviably fluid drawings; Frank Cottrell Boyce with his ease of expression; Libby Jackson with inspirational tales of women in space. 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