Sunday, 9 October 2022

My thoughts on “The Daughters of Yalta” by Catherine Grace Katz.

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The Daughters of Yalta – The Churchills, Roosevelts and Harrimans: A story of love and war (William Collins, 2020) was written by American...
Friday, 7 October 2022

My thoughts on " Merlin - The Story of the Engine That Won the Battle of Britain and WW2" by Graham Hoyland.

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Just read Merlin - The Story of the Engine That Won the Battle of Britain and WW2 (William Collins, 2020) by Graham Hoyland.   An absorbing ...
Tuesday, 27 September 2022

The South Somerset village Church of St. John and All Saints at Kingstone, and its memorials and epitaphs.

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Kingstone’s village church of St. John and All Saints sits surrounded by farm buildings and cottages atop Kingstone Hill around a mile south...
Friday, 16 September 2022

Blackbury Camp Iron Age hillfort in the neighbouring County of Devonshire.

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Blackbury Camp Iron Age hillfort is situated approximately 4 miles north-west of Beer and the coast of Devonshire.   I approached it along n...
Sunday, 11 September 2022

The Somerset village of Dinder and its Church of St. Michael.

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The sleepy Somerset village of Dinder lies tucked away in the southern foothills of the Mendips.   It is but a short drive off the road betw...
Wednesday, 31 August 2022

August cloudscapes over South Somerset.

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  And below on the last evening of the month.
Friday, 12 August 2022

The Parish Church of Ottery St. Mary in the neighbouring county of Devonshire.

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I recently passed through the Devonshire town of Ottery St. Mary and stopped to take a few photos of its Parish Church.   The Church, which ...