Category Archives: History

Replay – Guest author, Judith Barrow – memories, a short story and a new book!

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Sue Vincent

I am very happy to share again a post from Judith Barrow, a fellow Yorkshire lass. When I asked her if she would like to write a guest post, I didn’t expect so many familiar memories, a short story… and … Continue reading →

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Ordinary treasures

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Sue Vincent

“I’m getting old.” The lugubrious tone was hilarious. “Why in particular?” You have to remember that this is my son. If he’s feeling old, he must see me as ancient… I wasn’t giving him that opening though. “I like Antiques … Continue reading →

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Grazed

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Sue Vincent

This hillside close to my home was once home to an ancient settlement going back to the earliest times. Later, the Romans built a road below it and who knows the stories of those who passed that way? Today few … Continue reading →

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Driving through history

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Sue Vincent

It is after ten and it has been another long day after a night of little sleep. I couldn’t settle for some reason, tossing and turning and listening to the bangs and rumbles in the street as the wind whipped … Continue reading →

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Little gems – Aylesbury

Posted on February 21, 2015 by Sue Vincent

I had occasion to go into town one summer’s day back on 2013. I am seldom happy about that, but sometimes it has to be done. Not that it is a bad town, to be fair. It has a history, … Continue reading →

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Changelings into the Mist by Katie Sullivan

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Sue Vincent

Changelings. They were the descendants of Man and Fae. They walked between worlds – as healers, mystics, even kings – but no more. He thought he was the last, alone and lost, until the day he saw them. Irish teens … Continue reading →

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The next few miles

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Sue Vincent

We sat in a disused church with coffee and cake, recovering from the visit to Merlin’s Mound in Marlborough; the very same church where Cardinal Wolsey, the alter rex in the reign of Henry VIII, was ordained priest. Quite apart … Continue reading →

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Sheffield on Saturday

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Sue Vincent

I would say we were up at the crack of dawn, but it was probably some time before that as an eventual glance at the clock had shown that what had felt like a long, leisurely lie in was still … Continue reading →

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Kindle offer… ends Friday

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Sue Vincent

The price promotion of these two books ends tomorrow! The Initiate: Adventures in Sacred Chromatography and Heart of Albion: Tales from the Wondrous Head. “Isn’t it odd how we keep circling the same concepts but from different angles.” “The Beast … Continue reading →

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Kindle offer – day 2

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Sue Vincent

‘You know some of the gospel accounts cannot be eye witness.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Because there is only ‘the Christ’ and one other and the other is not an evangelist.’ ‘You’re thinking of the temptation.’ ‘I am thinking of the temptation.’ ‘Well, … Continue reading →

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