Category Archives: albion

Time Bleed…

Posted on August 11, 2023 by Sue Vincent

*** … “Stratford Strange Day!” “I don’t know what you mean?” “Well, the first thing was our conversation before we’d even properly decided we were going to Stratford…” “Which one?” “Statues!” “Oh, that one. It didn’t strike me as particularly … Continue reading →

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Dear Wen: But ‘n’ Ben…

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Stuart France

Dear Wen… Amra Columcille is the thread and rather fittingly it will allow us to bring in some of the Minahane stuff. That makes me very happy. Curious, isn’t it how true genius is never recognised in its time largely, … Continue reading →

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Dear Don: But ‘n’ Ben…

Posted on July 21, 2023 by Sue Vincent

Dear Don, The odd thing is that although the starting point for Erin made absolute sense at the time… I can barely grasp how at this point. Not because I can’t see how… but the crystal clarity of the moment … Continue reading →

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Back to the Future…

Posted on July 7, 2023 by Sue Vincent

*** We went back once more to where it all began. Paying our respects to Dragon Hill, the ancient White Horse and the hillfort known as Uffington Castle, we left the car and the world behind and walked to Wayland’s … Continue reading →

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The Moons of Mountain Ana…

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Stuart France

* Mountain Ana made the phone to scream. Squeal of a thousand and one pigs! Fingers of pain scratch my brain…  She is upset that Gramps has traded her ring. ‘Soz, Mountain Ana.’ * When Gramps turned up wearing Nancy’s … Continue reading →

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St Michael’s-on-Wyre…

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Stuart France

*** I first visited St Michael’s-on-Wyre over forty-five years ago. I was around eight or nine years old at the time and we called in on the way back from a day on Beacon Fell. Something about the memory of … Continue reading →

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Phantom Inns…

Posted on June 18, 2023 by Sue Vincent

* Count Jan Potocki (pron. Yan Pototchkee) was born of an aristocratic Polish family in 1761. In 1815, shortly after completing his masterwork, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa, and suffering from a chronic illness he took his own life by … Continue reading →

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Prophecy too?

Posted on June 15, 2023 by Stuart France

* …The lines you refer to probably start more like lines on an instrument, say a zither, and then proceed to those structural supports of a Big Wheel, as the shadow side is gradually revealed. Good film that. Well worth … Continue reading →

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Also Temples…

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Stuart France

‘Vitruvian Man’ *** Many, if not all, geometric forms can be used as templum, and the diagrammatic glyphs of most spiritual systems can be mapped on to the form of the human body after a three-fold pattern. Despite exoteric claims … Continue reading →

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Old George…

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Stuart France

* Maggot always gets his man. Wherever they go. However far they flee. However cunningly they hide… * Maggot enters the Ol’ George: legendary menagerie of care-worn dreamers. This evening’s vibrantly clad gathering part to allow him to the bar. … Continue reading →

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