Category Archives: Guest post

Guest author: Jim Webster ~Tallis Steelyard on tour… Two new books and A free lunch

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

I’ve mentioned before that the ‘Society of Minor Poets’ try to provide free meals for the young, the old and the indigent. It’s not just the feeding people that is important, it’s a chance for them to sit somewhere warm. … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Cynthia A. Morgan ~ Miséricorde… a new book

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Miséricorde Book One of The Mercy Series It is the year 2446. The first three Horsemen of Revelation’s Apocalypse have ridden. The first Horsemen, Pestilence, War and Famine, have shifted world-wide cultures and governments from technologically advanced civilizations to dictatorships … Continue reading →

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Guest Author: James Lingard ~ The Girl Who Disappeared

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

September 1933 Halifax, Yorkshire When the Norton motorbike skidded to a halt on the wet cobbles, Emily, an attractive brunette, sat glued to her seat behind the driver and glared at the detached millstone house outside which they were parked. … Continue reading →

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Guest author: N. A. Granger ~ Torrent…a #writephoto story and news of The Last Pilgrim

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Eliza finally had to stop their mad flight, putting her arms around her little brother, both of them panting for breath. When Indians had attacked their home in Kentucke, near Harrod’s Town, her parents dropped her and her four year … Continue reading →

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Living Lore: Superstitions and folklore ~ Gary Stocker

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Gary Stocker shares old lore relating to February: “February fill dyke, black or white” In other words, February is a wet month. So ditches will get filled with either snow or rain. “February makes a bridge and March breaks it.” … Continue reading →

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Guest Author: Robbie Cheadle ~ Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The Hungarian Jewish Museum was constructed on the plot where Theodor Herzl‘s, known as the father of the State of Israel, two-story Classicist style house stood, and adjoins the Great Synagogue on Dohány Street in Budapest. The museum holds the Jewish Religious and Historical … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Darlene Foster ~ A Sleepless Night in Aledo

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Spain is a fascinating country with many Fiestas, one for every week it seems. These colourful festivals are based on age-old traditions and legends. Some are quite unique. La Noche en Vela, the Sleepless Night, is held every August in … Continue reading →

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Guest Author: Robbie Cheadle ~ The Great Synagogue

Posted on February 15, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dohány Street Synagogue Background The Dohány Street Synagogue also known as the Great Synagogue, is found in in Erzsébetváros, the 7th district of Budapest, Hungary. An incredibly beautiful building, it was built between 1854 and 1859 in the Moorish Revival … Continue reading →

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Living Lore: Merlin’s Grave? ~ Gary Stocker

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Sue Vincent

This week, Gary takes us to Marlborough and its enigmatic mound, a place Stuart and I have visited. Within the grounds of Marlborough College, Wiltshire is an artificial hill which has been landscaped over the centuries. The Normans used it … Continue reading →

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Living Lore: Myths and hauntings of Warwickshire. ~ Gary Stocker

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The holy well of Whitnash. Whitnash has been settled since pre-Christian Celtic times. The present-day church of St Margaret is on a mound which may have been of pagan importance in pre-Christian times. It also used to have a holy … Continue reading →

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