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I Don’t Want to go to Chelsea….

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…sang Elvis Costello back in the ’70s. But I do and have – been going to Chelsea that is – for twenty years and more ( twenty five actually, I first went in 1994 )  But not this year. It’s … Continue reading

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Hills & Caves

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Most of us have visited deep caves at some time in our lives. Whether it be the childhood visit to Cheddar Gorge and Wooky Hole or a cultural expedition to Lascaux or Altamira, we have stood in the darkness beneath … Continue reading

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Hawk II

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A fortnight ago I rescued an injured hawk in the Spanish countryside and gave it shelter for the night (see Hawk).  I have since reached the point in the sequel to ‘Reconquista‘ where most of the characters are up in … Continue reading

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Hawk

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Co-incidences happen. Though sometimes co-incidences occur which, if one was of an impressionable cast of mind, might suggest that ‘there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy‘*. One such happened to me last … Continue reading

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Landscape

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The early twenty-first century seems to be a fertile time for writing about the world around us.  There are best-selling psycho-geographers, flaneurs and flaneuses and writers about the natural world. The urban environment, especially London, attracts many of them. Examples … Continue reading