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THE EAGLE SOCIETY is dedicated to the memory of EAGLE - Britain's National Picture Strip Weekly - the leading Boy's magazine of the 1950s and 1960s. We publish an A4, quarterly journal - the Eagle Times.

This weblog has been created to provide an additional, more immediate, forum for news and commentary about the society and EAGLE-related issues. Want to know more? See First Post and Eagle - How it began.

Wednesday, 17 July 2024

EAGLE TIMES VOL. 37 No. 2 Summer 2024

 

The new EAGLE Times is out now. It features a report on our recent Gathering in Cardiff and a range of other articles, including pieces about 'Storm Nelson', the first 'Dan Dare' stage play and the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway. Details of how to buy a copy are printed on the right and full contents are listed below:

• Keep Young and Beautiful
The text of Steve Winders’ address to the Eagle Society at the Cardiff Gathering in 2024.


• Railway Wonders: The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway by David Britton
2027 marks the 100th anniversary of the line and the article recalls the 1954 Eagle feature and looks at the line today. 


• These are a Few of my Favourite Things by David Gould
An article about some of the best parts of Eagle, including the strip, “Dan Dare – The Red Moon Mystery”. 


• Eagle Society Annual Gathering – Cardiff 2024
A report by Reg Hoare on the successful Gathering, which included excellent talks by Mike Collins and David Roach. 


• Talking Up a Storm, Again, by David Britton
A look back at Eagle’s often overlooked sea adventurer and the artists who drew the strip.


• The Half Moon Mystery
Steve Winders reports on a ‘Dan Dare’ play performed in London in 1972 and tells the story of the people who staged it and their remarkable theatre.


• The Case of the Shivering Samaritan Part Two
An Adventure of Archie Berkley-Willoughby of Scotland Yard by Steve Winders, in which Archie meets the Samaritans' founder and EAGLE contributor Chad Varah.


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