Lois Elsden
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Pargeting
Pargeting is a term for the decorating of plaster on the outside of old buildings… maybe on the inside too, I’m afraid my knowledge does not extend that far! I’m not sure how old it is, but I would guess that people have always wanted to decorate their houses, and make them look attractive, so I think it is probably as old as the plastering the outside of houses […]
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A not scary poem!
I tried to teach a variety of poems to my students, including this one which has some wonderfully wacky and funny descriptions, and yet so perfectly describes an icy city. I first went to Paris when I was thirteen, to stay with some family friends who had a flat there. it was not a wholly enjoyable experience, they had a young child and a nurse-maid […]
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Yet more of those days
Here are more of the muffed mumblings of me and my colleagues a couple of years ago… remember we are professionals! As Shelley might have said “Look on my words, ye mighty, and despair!” He must use a time-keeping machine to try to be on time. Having had a very good start in terms 1 and […]
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