The Book Trunk

Warwickshire

  • Golden Leaves and Sunlight

    Gold Leaf: Buried Sunlight.. This sculpture on thetop of an old coal mining spoil heap has provedcontroversial – do you like it? This golden pillar – ‘Gold Leaf: Buried Sunlight’ – stands on the top of a spoil heap at… Continue reading

  • A Crusader’s Penance for Killing his Wife

    Today’s Saturday Snapshot is a romantic tragedy. Once upon a time in the dim and distant past, a brave and devout knight bid farewell to his beautiful wife and joined a Crusade to the Holy Land. While he was away… Continue reading

  • Saturday Snapshots In A ‘Royal’ Village

    This week’s Saturday Snaphots were taken in Newton Regis, which claims to be the most northerly village in Warwickshire, and if you think they don’t look very seasonal that’s because they were taken back in April, when my elder daughter… Continue reading