Lois Elsden
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Magick cover
This is my rough idea for the cover of my next novel, Magick… Any thoughts or comments? …and here is the blurb: Encouraged by his success in discovering his Radwinter ancestors, Thomas Radwinter sets out to investigate his maternal line, starting with the mysterious and alcoholic Sylvia. His life has been somewhat dysfunctional, but now, […]
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Change of name, change of luck?
This splendid building in Burnham on Sea is, as you may see, now an estate agent’s. On this site was a public house called the Masons Arms. A Quaker gentleman, Mr J. B. Braithwaite, was a teetotaler and extremely concerned about the evils of drink. It is understandable really; for the working man in those days, earning a […]
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Late summer English tomato soup
We had a mighty crop of tomatoes late on in the summer, and although they did ripen and tasted good, they are rather sour because they did not get the full heat of a summer sun. So making them into soup ended up with a very good flavoured soup, but very, very acid. The second […]
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Reeds Arms
This rather elegant building on the seafront of Burnham on Sea is the Reeds Arms, named after George Reeds who was an important individual in the history of the town. The hotel, as it was, was built in the 1850’s, and was actually originally called The Reeds Arms; it then became the Queen’s Hotel, before […]
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