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A House on Stilts
Ledbury, in Herefordshire, is one one of those beautiful, historic, little towns where everything in the town centre seems to be hundreds of years old. It’s where my mother lives, so while she was ill and I was looking after her I took the chance to wander around and take some new photographs, since most…
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Kilmeny of the Orchard
Kilmeny had been, she knew not where, And Kilmeny had seen what she could not declare; Kilmeny had been where the cock never crew, Where the rain never fell, and the wind never blew. That’s the only bit I can ever remember from James Hogg’s spooky poem ‘Kilmeny’, but I’ve always loved its haunting quality.…
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Wordsworth’s French Lover
My Virago edition of ‘Fair Exchange’. Personally I’m not keen on the cover, but I often whinge about front coverss, so feel free to disagree! I’ve always been fascinated by William Wordsworth’s youthful espousal of revolutionary French politics, and his love affair with Frenchwoman Annette Vallon, who had his child in 1792. Somehow it’s hard to reconcile…
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October Reading – and Writing!
To celebrate the start of October, hereis the the illustration for the month fromthe Duc de Berry’s Book of Hours, whichwas created in the 15th century. Well, October is upon us, and what with holidays, various trips, visits from my Mother and Elder Daughter, outings with Younger Daughter, computer problems, and then mum being ill,…
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Birmingham’s Spectacular Catacombs
Looking down on the Catacombs at Warstone Lane Cemeteryin Birmingham. For three decades or more I have lived a 20-minute train from Birmingham (England, not Alabama) and I had NO IDEA the city has its own Catacombs until Younger Daughter took me there a couple of weeks ago (before my mother was ill). Sadly, they…
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