Walking along the Strand in London to Trafalgar Square to try on a costume I become someone else. Through the darkness I sense the character of a lady of Henley who met her death hung on holy ground in 1757. Mary was not granted the right to appeal her conviction for poisoning her father. She […]
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I am living in a tiny dorm room for a month. The man in front of me picking up hid key asks if there is air con. The receptionist says there’s a window you can open. As I trail through a maze of corridors with 2 backpacks I wonder if I truly needed 3 […]
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It was a blissful and rare sunny day after one long grey Winter as I walked past Oxford Castle and the brick work popped. The old castle was built by the Saxons with a simple mound and tower to protect boundaries of a new settlement called “Oxenaford” 1000 years ago. We are now a booming student city but just […]
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Walking past Christ Church with the sun bouncing off the stone made me become an instant tourist and find out more about the stories inside the building. The architecture maybe familiar from the Harry Potter films and TV show ‘Morse’. The college is where many medieval stories are staged and a review of ‘Murder in […]
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Winter Solstice in the UK today has arrived along with lots of blue sky. The Christmas Markets nearby are more fun with the milder weather so it is great to spend time gazing at the craft stalls and carousels. I spent the night in a medieval Estate house, now a hotel, and got […]
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It’s a familiar question. Tell us a story when you were going about your own business and something completely ridiculous or inexplicable happened. What did you do? I walked into a familiar space with a ticket to a secret show. The new fashion across our local theatres is to serve up a play […]
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