In 1920s Scotland a foreign dignitary on a secret visit has been abducted by men who plan to murder him. Gender-confusing, feminist romance about a painting by Scottish portraitist Raeburn (or is it ? That is the point !)... To be recommended to readers looking for LGBTQ+ literature (there isn't much good on the market) and art fans.

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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. At the XIII th Winter Olympic Games held in Lake Placid,Canada, Robin Cousins won the Gold medal in the Men's event. He also took the European Championship's in Goteborg, Sweden and finished 2nd in the World Championships in Dortmund, Germany.I like the author’s imagination built upon the painting and how she connects the past with the present. 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. Compulsory or "School" figures (the tracing of turns or loops in figure eights or 3 circle patterns) were discontinued after the World Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1994

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Megan Taylor finished 7th and Cecilia Colledge 8th. Mollie Phillips, who was 9th, became the first woman to carry the British flag at the Opening Ceremony.. The National Ice Centre in Nottingham was opened. The British Championships were held at the Centrum Arena in Ayr, Scotland for the first time since the Pairs Championship of 1914, in Edinburgh. 2001 The Ice Club, Westminster, opened. Like Prince's SC earlier in the century ,it became the favourite rink of London's high society until it closed in 1939 at the outbreak of War. It was the venue for the British Championship in 1927, including the first Women's Championship for the Martineau Cup. This had been presented by Major Hubert Martineau, a skating judge. Kathleen Shaw was the first winner. 1928Michelle Sloan is a superbly versatile writer; she has written picture books, books for younger readers, for teens, and now, in The Edinburgh Skating Club, has shown she’s just as accomplished in writing for adults. With a dual narrative that takes in the 18th Century of Enlightenment Edinburgh and the 21st Century, tied together by the famous picture of The Skating Minister, Sloan takes us on a journey of social experimentation and art historical detective work that delights and charms. 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. 1939 In the winter months, the Edinburgh Skating Club held regular dinners, which were of great importance in the club's social life. Christopher Dean and Jayne Torvill, already several times European and World Ice Dance Champions, achieved a clean sweep of medals. They won Olympic Gold in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, World Gold in Ottawa, Canada and European Gold in Budapest, Hungary. 1988

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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. The World Championships for Women and Pairs were held at the Ice Club, Westminster. Sonja Henie of Norway won for the second time, and among the spectators was a 7 year old English Girl who said " I should like to skate like her". Her name was Cecilia Colledge. 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 Edinburgh Skating Club is recognized as the first organized figure skating club. [1] [2] [3] While some sources [1] [4] claim the club was established in 1642, most sources accept 1742 or 1744 as the date of its founding. The next-oldest skating club, in London, was not founded until 1830. [1] The club was dissolved in 1966 after the decline in interest in combined figure-skating. [5] Addeddate 2013-04-05 21:22:00 Call number Skating 51 Identifier the_edinburgh_skating_club_00edin Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t46q3hm4b Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 1.0000 Ocr_module_version 0.0.15 Ocr_parameters -l eng Scanning_center hbl_storrs Worldcat (source edition)NISA organised the World Championships at the National Exhibition Centre , Solihull, Birmingham. The first World Figure Skating Championship to be held in Britain since 1950. 1999 The ISU allocated the World Championships to London. It was held at the National Skating Palace and was won by Henning Grenander. 1899