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A Good Friday Tale
of Demons and Dragons When you drive through Switzerland from the north, the first glimpse of the alps is breathtaking and awesome. White peaks stand
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History of Three Surrey Bridges
Journal of the House of Commons 1780-1782 On 5th February 1782, several ‘noblemen, gentleman, clergy and freeholders’ of Surrey brought a petition for repair of
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Dereliction
In my book, King Oak, Molly Hogtrough is struggling with her husband’s dereliction of duty. She recalls George’s vows when they wed and cannot forget
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Bear Leek Season
It’s mid-Spring, and over the last fourteen days or so the forest around me has transformed. Its see-through trees have donned a cloak of vibrant
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Cooking with Molly – Plain Pudding
‘They bake them in the oven, they boil them with the meat, they make them fifty several ways: BLESSED BE HE THAT INVENTED PUDDING.’ François
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Molly Hogtrough Cooks
In June 1780, Molly Hogtrough’s kitchen on the edge of The Common probably consisted of an open fire and a large pot. Perhaps she even
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How Kato came to live with us
Just down the road from our farmhouse, which lies about 250m above a beautiful lake, there lived a wonderfully eccentric old man called Joseph. I
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Life in 1780
I do not think I would be at all happy living in 1780. Life must have been grim for many people, unless you had a
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Welcome
My debut novel, King Oak, was inspired by a delve into ancestry. I discovered that some of my ancestors lived in Woodfield on the edge