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The article below is from the British Theatre Guide

Margaret Holbrook’s new play Any Other Day, which will be performed at Buxton Fringe, is set a few days after the death of Alan Turing, considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.
Holbrook said she had been wanting to write something about Turing for several years.
“His home, Holly Mead, is not too far from me and I’ve passed it many times, but I couldn’t visualise how I could set a play to make it accessible, and I didn't want it to focus too much on numbers and codes.
“Then, in November 2021, I had a lightbulb moment and Any Other Day was the result. It’s set in the garden of Holly Mead, Turing's home in Wilmslow in 1954. Once I had the idea in place, the writing seemed a little more straightforward. It probably took me around two months to write but there’ve been tweaks to the script since it was finished in January.”
The cast features two actors who were in Holbrook’s play The Bus Stop at Buxton in 2021, Lucy Savin and Jonathan Whittington who plays Turing, along with Heather Elise Nelson.
Any Other Day will be staged in St Mary’s Church, Dale Road, Buxton on Thursday 21 July at 3:30 and 7PM.
Steve Orme, July 16th

Extraordinary Women: A Talk by Margaret Holbrook - Visit …
Exhibitions - Knutsford Heritage Centre www.knutsfordheritage.co.uk

In 2018 we hosted the following exhibitions: 7th August to 15th August – We participated in the national Heritage Open Days (HODS) programme with two guided tours spotlighting Knutsford’s Remarkable Women and hosted a series of four poetry readings by Margaret Holbrook featuring Extraordinary Women from History, Life, Film and Fiction.

Gi60 10 - 4 - 10 Featured writer: Margaret Holbrook

https://gi60.blogspot.com/2013/06/gi60-10-4-10-featured-writer-margaret.html

FROM the LEADER (Wrexham)

We have two great author events coming up in July. The first event will be at Wrexham Library on Tuesday, July 11, at 7pm, when author and playwright Peter Read will regale us with stories of his life as an author and also of being a lifelong fan of Wrexham FC. Peter is a great raconteur and he will also be selling his latest book, From Wrexham to Hollywood, on the night.

Our second author visit will be by Margaret Holbrook who will be visiting two libraries. Margaret will visit Wrexham Library on Wednesday, July 26, from 1pm-2pm and then Brynteg Library later that afternoon, 3pm-4pm. Margaret is a poet, playwright and author of several books and she will be talking about her latest cosy crime novels. Both events are free of charge and we look forward to your company.