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Tag Archives: Tudor
Walking around Oxford ~ Mike Biles at A Bit About Britain
Reblogged from A Bit About Britain: I’m not easily given to hyperbole; I’ve told you that a million times. But it is genuinely hard to think of a British town that can be quite so achingly beautiful as Oxford. Perhaps … Continue reading
Warp and Heft ~ Na’ama Yehuda #writephoto
“All houses bow with time,” Agnes fanned herself. The heat lay on the garden like a leaded blanket. Even the shade of the great oak offered only small respite, though their stifling rooms would be far worse. “Yet not all … Continue reading
Posted in photo prompt, Photography
Tagged flash fiction, historical fiction, micro fiction, Photo Fiction, storm, timeless, Tudor, writephoto, writing challenge, writing prompt
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Ashbourne
Pre-Raphaelite glass sits in walls pitted by Cromwellian gunfire, while a 1950s reredos graces a chancel that dates back to 1241. That’s why I love these old churches… the history of a community is written within their walls in wood … Continue reading
Posted in albion, Ancient sites, Art, Churches, Doomsday: The Ætheling Thing, England, historic sites, Photography, Sacred sites, Spirituality
Tagged Derbyshire, George Gilbert Scott, Kempe, Norman, Saxon, stained glass, Tudor
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Cold stone and warm hearts
Last year we visited Haddon Hall in Derbyshire as part of our research, both for the upcoming workshop and the continuing trail of clues we follow as we look back through history. We learned a lot about the Manners and … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, History, Stuart France and Sue Vincent
Tagged bakewell, effigy, Elizabethan, family, fashion, history, tomb, Tudor, Vernon and manners families
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A flying visit – A Shakespearean story arc…
The afternoon was drawing to a close and the chill of early spring was settling over Stratford-upon-Avon as we made our way back towards the car. There were still many things we would have liked to see, but, with the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Photography, Stuart France and Sue Vincent
Tagged Elizabethan, historic sites, Jacobean, Photography, shakespeare, Stratford on Avon, The Silent Eye, theatre, travel, Tudor, writing
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A flying visit – Seeing the details
It is impossible to walk around Stratford-upon-Avon without noticing its history, its art or its connection to William Shakespeare. Half timbered buildings are, it seems, everywhere. Statues and artistic depictions of the Bard vie with signs bearing his name or … Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged Elizabethan, historic sites, Inn, Jacobean, Photography, play, pub, shakespeare, stage, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, The Silent Eye, theatre, travel, Tudor, writing
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A flying visit to Stratford-upon-Avon
Because I’d been at work that morning, it was well after lunch before we even set off on the 60 mile trip to Shakespeare’s home town. We knew before we left that there would not be enough time to explore … Continue reading
Posted in Art, historic sites, Photography, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, The Silent Eye, theatre, travel, writing
Tagged Elizabethan, Inn, Jacobean, play, pub, shakespeare, stage, Tudor
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