Shirley Charters

SHIRLEY CHARTERS MA (Cantab), F.R.G.S. F.R.S.A was educated at St. Mary's School and Newnham College, Cambridge, where she took her degree in Geography, gained a Blue, played county netball and had a wonderful time. Writing and directing documentary films around the world followed, which ended when a script and marriage took her to Fiji for twenty five years. There she wrote for various antipodean and west coast U.S. newspapers and magazines until retirement brought her back to the U.K. where...See more

SHIRLEY CHARTERS MA (Cantab), F.R.G.S. F.R.S.A was educated at St. Mary's School and Newnham College, Cambridge, where she took her degree in Geography, gained a Blue, played county netball and had a wonderful time. Writing and directing documentary films around the world followed, which ended when a script and marriage took her to Fiji for twenty five years. There she wrote for various antipodean and west coast U.S. newspapers and magazines until retirement brought her back to the U.K. where she has had the time to take up again an earlier, undergraduate fascination with King John's treasure. See less