{"id":546,"date":"2011-11-12T09:05:43","date_gmt":"2011-11-12T08:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sallypommeclayton.com\/blog\/?p=546"},"modified":"2023-06-22T13:49:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T12:49:40","slug":"546","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makeandbelieve.uk\/?p=546","title":{"rendered":"Subversive stories for bedtime!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Fairytales and myths explode with subversive images of &nbsp;lust, gender bending, role&nbsp;swapping, &nbsp;dressing-up and cross-dressing. &nbsp;In the liminal world of story there are no boundaries, and all forms of desire are possible!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the 16th and 17th of November <em><strong>&#8216;Bedtime Story Nights&#8217;<\/strong><\/em> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.40winks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">40 Winks Hotel<\/a> takes a playful look at the relationship between the sexes, mixing-up male and female, passion and love, with seductive stories&nbsp;from the&nbsp;light-hearted&nbsp;lips of Sally Pomme&nbsp;Clayton and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nellphoenix.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nell Phoenix<\/a>. We will tackle the age old battle of the sexes with hilarious and dissident stories. The night is the latest instalment of the 40 Winks &#8216;Guide to The Perfect&nbsp;Relationship&#8217;, and we wonder if we can finally prove that girls really are the superior sex!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>&#8216;Bedtime Story Nights<\/strong><\/em>&#8216; were created by the marvellous&nbsp;Mr David Carter at the sublimely seductive 40 Winks Hotel.&nbsp;The nights have&nbsp;been included in the Saturday Times list of the &#8217;60 Best Things To Do In Britain&#8217;, have had several Critics Choice awards in <a href=\"http:\/\/now-here-this.timeout.com\/2011\/11\/08\/40-winks\/?fb_ref=.Trlv8J6iD4g.like&amp;fb_source=profile_oneline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Time Out<\/a>&nbsp;(read about the event here). They have even&nbsp;popped up in a Sunday Times Travel Magazine hot list of the 14 most amazing things to do in the world! The nights are curated by<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rachelrosereid.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Rachel Rose Reid<\/a> who carefully selects and puts together storytellers, poets, and artists to enchant and delight.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/makeandbelieve.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Bedtime-Stories-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/makeandbelieve.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Bedtime-Stories-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-547\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Sally Pomme Clayton telling at 40 Winks &#8216;Bedtime Stories&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Where:<\/strong> 40 Winks, 109 Mile End Road, London E1 4UJ<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>When:<\/strong> Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 November 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> doors open 7.00pm performances start 8.15pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Dressiquette:<\/strong> A dress code of jimjams and nighties is&nbsp;strictly enforced by highly trained pyjama police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>For further information and booking tickets<\/strong>: please email&nbsp;Mr Carter at &nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@40winks.org\">info@40winks.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fmakeandbelieve.uk%2F%3Fp%3D546&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[30,32,31,249,40,91,33,4,85,7,248,247],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeandbelieve.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeandbelieve.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeandbelieve.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeandbelieve.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeandbelieve.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=546"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/makeandbelieve.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2083,"href":"https:\/\/makeandbelieve.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions\/2083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeandbelieve.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeandbelieve.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeandbelieve.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}