Laura Schneider presented her paper on "Legality vs Morality; the Integrity of Nevil Shute and his Characters II. Laura presented
part I at OZ2001. Laura is a middle school teacher and uses the works of Nevil Shute in her classes.
HREM (Her Royal Event Manageress) Steph Gallagher arranged for morning and afternoon coffee breaks. The breaks were held in
Queens Room, where a wide collection of Nevil Shute related material was on display.
John Anderson presented his paper on Nevil Shute's Engineering. He covered the engineering Nevil Shute was involved in
beginning with the R100 through his Naval experiences and ending with his hobby of building miniature machines.
A small example of the many things to see in Southsea
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HMS Victory
Cannon
Southsea Pier
Richard Michalak delivering his paper, Reality and Recurring Themes within
Nevil Shute "or" Cherry Cake, Bungalows and Having Nothing to Say.
Richard presented a vary amusing and interesting roundup of the many recurring
themes found in the writings or Nevil Shute.
The afternoon coffee break included scones and clotted cream along with lots of good talk.
Margo Ganster, on behalf of Zia Telfair presented - The Appeal of Nevil Shute.
After a short break, the attendees participated in a very spirited discussion
of why they liked the Shute novels and which, if any, author they enjoyed in
the same way they enjoy Nevil's works.
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