The Bankes of Dorset
There can be few more romantic and stirring stories in the history of British landed gentry than that of Dorset’s Bankes family...
There can be few more romantic and stirring stories in the history of British landed gentry than that of Dorset’s Bankes family...
A COLD START AND A HOT END Saintly voices drive medieval teenager to death by fire Rewind 604 years to 1412. It’s...
Brighton Unitarian Church, 14 August 2016 The central plank and final work in this enjoyable hour-long concert, focusing mainly on the work...
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Brazil nuts are tasty, nutritious, versatile and quite modestly priced. Like all nuts they’re a good source of protein and they contain...
William Rossetti was an arty, bookish, party-loving Brit. But someone in the family had to earn some money. Brainy bunch The four...
Note: A few years ago I was commissioned to write pieces for a series of American humour books. They were meant to...
NOTE: I wrote this piece in 2001 a few weeks after my mother died. For various reasons – not least because...