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The Hidden World Beneath London
“Tread carefully over the pavements of London for you are treading on skin, a skein of stone that covers rivers and labyrinths, tunnels and chambers, streams and caverns, pipes and cables, springs and passages, crypts and sewers, creeping things that will never see the light of day…” Who could resist the enchantment of such words…
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A Flying Nun and a Holy Apple
I had a review all ready to post – but I got sidetracked by my FB Saint of the Day, Our Venerable Mother Irene of Chrysovalantou, a ninth century abbess who levitated, saw visions of angels, and was granted three holy apples from St John the Theologian. So I reached for my copy of The 27th…
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Hackney: Fact or Fiction?
Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire, A Confidential Report, by Iain Sinclair One can’t like everything one reads, and this book is proof of that. I picked it up in the library because my father came from Hackney and because of the title, which actually refers to the old music hall, but had resonance of a more…
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Children of the Revolution
Well, as usual I seem to have left it a while before blogging, but I have sat down and spoken sternly to myself. It is no good, I said, sitting around feeling sorry for yourself. You may not have a job, but you enjoy writing – so get on with it: write something! So that…
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Searching for the Isles of the Blessed
Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it’s getting! Having, more or less, resurrected and redesigned my book blog, I need to put pen to paper (or should I say fingers to keyboard) and produce a post – after all, writing is the whole point of having a blog. The problem is, what shall I write about? And…
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