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. Second Lieutenant Robert Jones of the Royal Artillery published the world's first book on the sport::-"A Treatise on Skating. Founded on certain principles deduced from Many Year's experience." 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

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Michelle 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. 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 organised the World Pair skating championships in Manchester. It was again won by Mr and Mrs Johnson.The men's title at the same rink went to Fritz Kachler of Austria. 1914 The London Glaciarium, London's first artificial ice rink, was opened in Chelsea. It was followed by four other, larger Glaciariums. The longest lived was in Southport in Lancashire (1879-1889) 1879 The British Championships were revived following the 1st World War. They were held at Manchester Ice Palace and Mrs. Phyliss Johnson won the singles title. 1924

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Book review: The Edinburgh Skating Club, by Michelle Sloan

To mark the centenary of the formation of the NSA, a celebratory lunch was held at the Guildhall in Cambridge, birthplace of the NSA. Later a Gala was organised at the Empire Pool in Wembley. This was attended by the patron of the NSA, HRH Queen Elizabeth ll and the Duke of Edinburgh.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. 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 IVth Winter Olympic Games were held at Garmisch-Partinkirchen, Germany. Cecelia Colledge took the Silver medal behind Norway's Sonja Heinie.

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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 John Curry, an artistic genius on ice, had been gradually working his way up in Championship results. In this year he became, Olympic, World and European Champion. He also became the first ice skater to be voted BBC Sports Personality of the year. 1979 The romance between Katherine Hume and Francis Pringle was also interesting; I saw it initially develop on Katherine’s side and thought it would be sweet to see the feelings develop and the relationship blossom, however this really didn’t happen. There is also confusion as Katherine knew of Francis Pringle’s identity, was the main orchestrator behind it. Yet she seemed to utterly separate Francis and Alison in her mind. This could have been enjoyable to read about had it been explored, yet the nature of their relationship felt a little too ambiguous and rushed. 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. At the end of the year one of Britain's most famous Rinks opened. It was the Sportsdrome at Richmond in Surrey. It closed in 1991. 1929Mollie Phillips became the first woman to referee any ISU Championship when she officiated in the Ice Dance Championships. The 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 The first English club was formed in London - The Skating Club. It became the Royal Skating Club in 1932. 1841