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A TRIP TO ROME (SUNDAY 28TH JUNE to WEDNESDAY 1ST JULY 2026)
Trajan's s Column and market near the Colosseum.ARRIVING IN ROMEMarilyn booked a flight and hotel for the two of us to Rome. It was a birthday present. We haven’t been away for a holiday in a couple of...
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“The Other Bennet Sister,” a 10 part series based on the novel by Janice...
Janice Hadlow based her novel The Other Bennet Sister on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. It is what is termed as an adaptation but fits into the spin off genre. Spin off novels based on Jane Austen...
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A VISIT TO GRENFELL TOWER 0n Wednesday 14th January 2026.
John and I arriving at Latimer Road Station with Grenfell Tower in the distance.In the past, a good friend of mine, John and I had talked about visiting the site of Grenfell Tower to see where the...
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EDWARD BURRA Tate Britain Exhibition (13th June -19th October 2025)
Edward Burra.Recently I went to the Edward Burra exhibiton at Tate Britain with Mark , a friend of mine. He had suggested it would be an exhibition we might enjoy. Mark knew something of Burra's work...
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JANE AUSTEN'S BIRTHDAY 16th December 1775.
Jane Austen a portrait by her sister Cassandra. National Portrait Gallery.The handwritten copy of Jane Austen's The History of England. The British Library.She probably wrote this in 1790 while she...
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GRACECHURCH STREET in THE CITY OF LONDON and Jane Austen's Gardiner Family
Gracechurch Street in The City of London (18th century and 21st century)Gracechurch Street points north from London Bridge, through the city towards Shoreditch. It is an ancient road following the...
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Social Housing in The East End of London during the Victorian Period.
Leopold Buildings, Columbia Road, Tower Hamlets.Every Wednesday, I go into London to volunteer at The Museum of The Home, located on The Kingsland Road in Shoreditch. I travel up with Abi, my...
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THE GENIUS OF JANE AUSTEN (15 minutes) A talk to my wife's bookclub.
A sketch of Jane Austen by her sister Cassandra. It is owned by the National Portrait Gallery.My wife is a member of a bookclub. They have been meeting for twenty years. I was recently invited to talk...
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The Tale of Jerry Abershawe, Highwayman.
Jerry Abershawe (1773-1795)Not far from where I live, on the edge of Wimbledon Common where the Kingston Road passes, are some trees on the side of a small rise of ground. This part of the common is...
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ENDURANCE & JOY IN THE EAST END 1971-1987. A review of David Hoffman’s book...
The cover photograph taken in Fieldgate Mansions , Whitechapel, in 1978 epitomises the contents of this book.Five Bengali boys clamber over, sit on and enter a derelict old Fiat 500. White paintwork...
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A review of THE TOUR OF DR SYNTAX In Search Of The Picturesque by William...
The title page of ,"Doctor Syntax in search of The Picturesque."This is the second volume of a series of 18th century books edited by Ben Wiebracht and his students. Ben’s idea is that his pre...
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JANE AUSTEN and THE ROYAL NAVY
1787 portrait of Admiral Edmund Afflech.Jane Austen knew a lot about the Royal Navy of her time. Her novel Persuasion, is often referred to as her naval novel because of the three key characters...
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JANE AUSTEN the PUNK ROCKER.
It’s strange how various things can come together to get you thinking along a new track.I had read something about Edmund Burke and his extreme conservative views that believed traditon and the status...
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UNDERSTANDING GEORGE WICKHAM
George Wickham and Lydia BennetIs George Wickham, in Pride and Prejudice, more complex than we thought?Wickham is one the most loathed characters in a Jane Austen novel. He first appears in Meryton...
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THE CLUB
Dr Johnson and the first members of The Club meeting in a second floor room of The Turks Head Tavern.In 1764 , two friends, Sir. Joshua Reynolds and Dr Johnson gathered a group who called themselves...
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Could I have a conversation with Jane Austen about life?
My dog eared copy of the Penguin Classics version of Pride and Prejudice.On Sunday 7th April I was invited to take part in a ZOOM meeting with the JASNA Vermont group. Deb Barnum had sent me a notice...
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LEGION: life in the Roman Army. A review. (An exhibition at The British Museum)
Head of Emperor Augustus, the creator of the career soldier. 27-25BC.The British Museum have a new exhibition about the Roman Army. It is the first time they have had an exhibition specifically about...
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A REVIEW of Northanger Abbey a play by ZOE COOPER
ActorsHEN: Sam Newton : Henry Tilney. CATH Rebecca Banatvala: Catherine Moreland IZ: AK Golding : Isabella ThorpeREVIEW Jane Austens Northanger Abbey is often seen as a bit of fun. A swipe at...
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ON RAILTON ROAD a review
On Saturday 18th November my wife Marilyn and I attended the matinee performance of ,”ON RAILTON ROAD,” performed at The Museum of the Home,in Shoreditch. The play has been sold out. A great success....
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THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (NHS)and my recent experience with it.
Aneurin Bevan.A HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE:On the 5th July1948 the National Health Service was born. An apt use of personification. The NHS has helped bring ,probably, tens of millions of...
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