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Cottage pie is such a traditionally English thing I can’t imagine there are many people who grew up here who haven’t eaten it. We had it regularly at home, sometimes it was shepherd’s pie made with left over roast lamb minced, sometimes it was cottage pie from left over roast beef minced… I don’t remember […]
MoreAfter the fabulous weekend chasing the Mavericks from Manchester to Birmingham and having such a wonderful time, my friend Hannah sent me a selection of photos – wasn’t that kind of her! I had just the frame to fit them – they are not yet up on the wall but they will be when I’ve […]
MoreBeowulf must be the most famous story in Anglo-Saxon literature; it is a marvellous and exciting tale of heroic struggles against monsters, of comradeship, danger, love and death. I would love to be able to read Anglo-Saxon, but I think it is just one language too far for me! I’m learning Gaelic but […]
MoreThere is something fascinating and endearing about gargoyles… I think there have been many children’s stories about them, although now I’m writing this none come to mind. The word itself is from French and originally Latin, and is connected to the words gargle, gurgle and gullet in English. From when people first started using mortar […]
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Lois Elsden 