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Jewels in the Claw (8) – Steve Tanham

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Continued from Part Seven. He – the man with the packing cases – picks up his empty tea cup and begins to walk towards the small table near the entrance door of the large room in which the mystery play … Continue reading →

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Jewels in the Claw (6) – Steve Tanham

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Continued from Part Five. Sipping the tea, his hands clasp around the warm cup. The gesture reminds him of the way she took her husband’s arm, at the end of that first glimpse of what The Queen had in store for … Continue reading →

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Jewels in the Claw (5) – Steve Tanham

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Continued from Part Four. Kind hands pass him a hot tea. He sits on the edge of what was the Royal Court, sipping and watching the ghosts… Many kind faces came to life in this, now-unstructured space – but it … Continue reading →

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Jewels in the Claw (4) – Steve Tanham

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Continued from Part Three. The line of packing cases is nearly complete. The man looks down at the three chairs in the East, one white, one purple and one red. The symbolism of the outer two was plain: the Tudor … 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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Jewels in the Claw (ii) – Steve Tanham

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Continued from Part One He stops in the act of dismantling – the raven directly in line with his left eye. Reluctantly, he climbs onto the chair to unhook the left panel of rubberised black fabric that contains the bird’s … Continue reading →

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Jewels in the Claw (1) – Steve Tanham

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Sue Vincent

There is a moment when he stops, puts down his packing box, and looks at what remains of the Court Floor. It is the last vestige of a creative journey of twelve months, of twenty souls intent on giving their … 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 →

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The Dragon of Elizabeth’s Seas. – Steve Tanham

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Sue Vincent

It is the beginning of May, 1587, and a man known locally as The Dragon is headed for Cadiz on Spain’s Atlantic coast. His mission is not peaceful. The act of sailing to Cadiz poses few challenges for this master … Continue reading →

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