Tag Archives: Elizabethan England

The Stone and the Pilgrim (6) final part ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Sue Vincent

“It is what it is…” I remember the evening Morgana said that to me, many years ago. We were in Glastonbury, doing the first of our year of bi-monthly talks. The truth of it is profound. The sentiment behind the … Continue reading →

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The Stone and the Pilgrim (5) ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Sue Vincent

We stumbled upon the Preston Pele Tower, fifteen miles south-west of Bamburgh, back in February, 2018. My wife and I had seen a reference to it on a noticeboard in a cafe some distance to the north. It’s quite hard … Continue reading →

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WHAT’S UP DOC? Lines of communication IV…

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* …’All colour had faded from the sky and although the big board by the gate creaked slightly in the night wind, there was no passer-by to read the sharp, hard letters that cut straight as black knives across its … Continue reading →

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Jewels in the Claw (III) – Steve Tanham

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Continued from Part Two The man with the packing case pauses as he passes the place that was the East, the place from which the Queen began her direction of proceedings in this, her favourite palace of Nonsuch, in 1590’s … Continue reading →

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Silent Eye: Sixth Weekend Draws Nigh! – by Alienora

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Alienora’s Anthology: Silent Eye: A Modern Mystery School has been an important part of my life since its birth way back in 2013; though, actually, the story starts even before then… I first met Stephen Tanham and Sue … Continue reading →

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Esoteric Shipbuilding – Steve Tanham

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Sue Vincent

It was a ‘stream of consciousness moment’; one of those that acts like a time machine. The flash of memories cut right back to my childhood – seven or eight years old. It included the sight and texture of the … Continue reading →

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The Edge of Order: Frances Walsingham – Steve Tanham

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Sue Vincent

It had been simple, back then, when all eyes shone with approval; when she was the young bride of the Queen’s Champion, Sir Philip Sydney. This daughter of the ‘Sworn’, – the inner cabal of those sworn to lay down … Continue reading →