Stychens Lane

Stychens Lane in Bletchingley, Surrey, runs out of the village, in a northerly direction. It’s pretty and old, and I have  used it in my story of the Radwinter family, putting one of the children there in 1851, according to the census. If you look at the census return you won’t find him, because I’ve […]

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My cousin

I’m very particular about the names I choose for my characters, and I’m sometimes criticised for my choice… but usually I am trying to find a name that does not belong to a real person in real life… obviously I can’t hope to avoid it all the time, and sometimes names jump out and ambush […]

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Sushi!

One of the nice things – or should I say one of the many nice things about teaching English to people from different countries is that we get to taste different food! Today Bei Nei brought in some hand-made sushi! Oh how yum! She had made them all herself, some with fish, some with crab, […]

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