Almost the first question we are asked whenever we mention that we’ve visited Romania on several occasions is ‘why on earth would you want to go there’? That’s often followed by ‘isn’t it really poor [more…]
Sorry. This is not a book review. See SB for a refund. But the title of the book in question is amusing. There is no doubt that, indeed, Germans do some things so much better [more…]
Beltane This important festival has been reinvented umpteen times throughout the ages. I knew it from childhood as May Day. On a couple of occasions while at primary school our class was forced to dance [more…]
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1989 Featured Album: The Road to Hell, Pt. I This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I [more…]
Jinnie was once again in the wood walking Bonnie when the burner phone rang. This time she had half expected it and didn’t jump, but Bonnie the beagle did. Fred Bear had to be somewhere [more…]
My review of John Morris’ The Age of Arthur caused quite a stir and clearly there remains much interest in the British Dark Ages, and especially in the thorny issue of Arthur and his existence. [more…]
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1988 Featured Album: Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select [more…]
Jinnie walked down the slope from the northbound platform to the tunnel under the lines at Potters Bar Station. At the bottom, she turned right to the car park where her dad had said he [more…]
How could any true traveller ignore the lure of a name like Thorne Waste? It could be the title of a Brontë novel, or the kind of place the Hound of the Baskervilles was locked [more…]
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