At the first indoor event of the Brighton Festival children's writer Cliff McNish, author of the Doomspell trilogy, gave a talk in the Founders Hall of the Dome.
Class 6b of Mile Oak Primary School had "adopted" Cliff as their author in a scheme co-coordinated by the Brighton Festival Education Department and had been emailing him for a number of months, telling him about the school and asking various questions.
After the event on Saturday, they got a chance to meet him and have tea and a chat.
Cliff is in the centre of the picture and Mrs Burgess, class teacher, and Ms Mines, headteacher, are also in the photograph. On the far left of the picture is Cliff's daughter Rachel, on whom he based the main character of his books.
-Mrs Alison Woodford, Mile Oak, Portslade
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