Toby Jones and a straw bear

The 19th-century poet John Clare once walked from an Epping Forest asylum to Northamptonshire without food or money. Andrew Kötting and auth...

Making your mind up: Farron vs Lamb

As other Liberal Democrat bloggers have pointed out, a video of a hustings with Tim Farron and Norman Lamb has been posted on Youtube by the...

In Flight

Early Monday morning as Xena and I strolled down the neighborhood street, birdsong surrounding us like a symphony, I caught a flash of blue ...

Navy Showcases Research and Development Programs at National Maker Faire

By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tim D. Godbee, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy showcased new, innovativ...

The Lone Pine Club by Alice Birch

Back in February I blogged a couple of times ( here and here ) about Pentabus Rural Theatre Company and its plans to perform Alice Birch...

Marston Trussell: A shrunken medieval village

The second Marston Trussell Beer Festival takes place this weekend (19-21 June). I visited the first one last year. But my reason for writ...

Hilda Murrell remembered in Shrewsbury - after a fashion

Readers of a certain age will remember the 1984 murder in Shrewsbury of the rose grower and environmental campaigner Hilda Murrell. I review...

Richard III fanatic threatens Dean of York with eternal fire

It seems spirits were running high at the Solemn Choral Evensong held at York Minster on the day Richard III was laid to rest in Leicester. ...

The Parents Killed Maddie English Police Are Stupid

So reads the translation. But I beg to differ with the latter part of the observation. Full size, right click open in new tab.