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Cornwall
Strange names… they’re all around you
Once you have a fascination for strange names, they’re everywhere, they spring of parish notice boards, they jump out of obituaries, they are of the children and grandchildren of people you meet. This was a plaque in Launceston, Cornwall, the only Cornish name is the builder, Sampson Trehane! The second part of ‘Loving Judah’ is set […]
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The great debate
When I was teaching as part of the English syllabus, students had to debate and discuss. I tried to choose topics which they would find interesting and engaging and have some opinion on. I tried all the usual topics, capital punishment, abortion, student grants, religion… I tried local issues, what should happen to the Tropicana, should Weston have a skate-park, should they build the Severn barrage… I tried […]
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Lois Elsden 