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A place worth visiting
On a recent visit to Birmingham, we wanted to find the Jewellery Quarter… which we had tried to find previously, but somehow got misled by street signs. This time, however, we got there with the help of a friendly traffic warden. On the way we heard an extraordinary sound, as if something mechanical was being […]
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Springing a leak
This wonderful fountain by Dhruva Mistry has had problems with leaks… and now the price on restoring it, again, is becoming almost prohibitive. I think it is wonderful, there is a pool, and different objects, including this reclining nude in Victoria Square in Birmingham. The whole work is made up of four pieces, River, Guardians, Youth and Object Variations; the […]
MoreVisiting Radwinter
Some time ago I drove past a sign for the village of Radwinter in Essex and was captivated by the name, and after a few months of brooding on a story, I took the opportunity to write one about a family called Radwinter as part of the National Novel Writing Month challenge. I had never […]
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Autumn in Taunton
Taunton is our county town, and the River Tone flows through it; it is thirty-two miles long and rises in the Brendon Hills near the beautifully named Huish Champflower. The river does not flow directly into the sea but joins the River Parratett at Burrowbridge. Standing on the Tone Bridge, looking along the river with Deller’s […]
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Lois Elsden 