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A DAY OUT IN LONDON: EXAMPLES OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM MY NEW CAMERA.
St Martins in the Fields.St Martins in the Fields ( it was once!!) , that beautiful example of religious architecture in Trafalgar Square, provides free music recitals at lunchtime every Friday. I have...
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CAPITAL RING with Nigel, Andrew,Laurie and myself on Tuesday 27th April 2017
Laurie, Andrew, Nigel and myself. We start.(Ignore The Danger of Death sign)Homo Sapiens emerged from Africa, so the most recent theories speculate, about 200, 000 years ago. They were a group that...
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DR JOHNSON, HIS HOUSE, JANE AUSTEN and A CAT CALLED HODGE
Dr Samuel Johnson, outside St Clement Danes, looking along Fleet Street.Samuel Johnson was born in 1709 in Lichfield, Staffordshire. He was the son of Michael and Sarah Johnson. His father was a...
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HAMILTON, ONTARIO, TORONTO AND NEW YORK
Hamilton in the distance. Until two weeks ago my views about North America were formed at a distance. I had thoughts along the lines of; a disproportionate presence in our world news coverage, the...
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EDINBURGH TODAY
Edinburgh from Calton Hill.Last Thursday, 18th October, Marilyn and I got an early morning flight from Gatwick to Edinburgh Airport. We thought we would take a break before the half term began for...
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NAME THAT WRITER!!!!
Some writers' homes and their writing desks I have visited over the years.A few are obvious. One you might not think of as being a writer. Two of the writers were very close friends. One picture shows...
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Netley Abbey and the Gothic
This is posted on Vic Sanborn's blog JANE AUSTEN's WORLDhttps://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2018/01/05/netley-abbey-and-the-gothic-by-tony-grant/Netley Abbey and the Gothic by Tony GrantJanuary 5,...
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RETIREMENT
On top of the world.I think I am in the process of retiring. What does that mean? Within context, in novels,when a character is going to, retire, for the night, the meaning is that they are going to...
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JANE AUSTEN WALK FOR LITERACY
I have decided to do the Jane Austen Literacy Walk for charity on the 17th June. Disadvantaged children in a school in Ghana will receive e books and access to an extensive digital library. Technology...
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THE WHO LIVE AT LEEDS or…. What does the past mean to me?
THE WHO LIVE AT LEEDS album cover.Recently I took part in a Facebook challenge. Michael Billington, a friend who lives in Manchester, challenged me to post ten album covers of music that have and do...
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THE THAMES PATH: GREENWICH TO WATERLOO: walking with Tony Brown
The Thames Path is a national walking route that was first proposed in 1946 but was not completed until 1996. It is about 186 miles long, beginning at the Thames Barrier in the London Borough of...
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JANE AUSTEN FOUNDATION WALK TO ALTON Sunday 17th June 2018
The face of Jane Austen on the new statue in St Nicholas churchyard, Chawton.To Cassandra Austen Thursday 6thJune 1811.“I had just left off writing and put on my things for walking to Alton, when Anna...
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THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WE SHOULD HAVE IN BRITAIN.
A teacher getting the children to self assess their work against the lesson aims and objectives.“Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's...
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Jane Austen Today: JANE AUSTEN'S WORLD CUP TEAM!!!!!!!!!
Mr Darcy (Fitzwilliam). Centre forward. Star striker, goalscorer supreme and team super star. Just imagine the crowd chanting. "Darcy ! Darcy ! Darcy!Jane Austen Today: JANE AUSTEN'S WORLD CUP...
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A LITERARY PUZZLE (just for fun!!!)
This particular person is one of the most famous writers the world has known.OK I am not the famous writer but I am standing in a tunnel this writer had dug.It passes under the road situated at the...
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TOOTING FOLK AND BLUES FESTIVAL 4th August 2018
Ellen and Gabriel, the founders and organisers of the Tooting Folk and Blues Festival.The Tooting Folk and Blues festival, on Saturday the 4th August between 12pm and 7 pm, held for the last four years...
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PONTEFRACT to visit Alan and Cath Mace.
Arriving from the Northern Line at Kings Cross with St Pancras in the background.On Saturday 1stSeptember at 9.30am, I emerged from the Northern Line into the concourse between Kings Cross and St...
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OCEANIA at The Royal Academy (29th September - 10th December)
The entrance to the OCEANIA exhibition at the Royal Academy.Monday the 1st October. Marilyn and I bought tickets to see the OCEANIA exhibition to commemorate the exploration of the South Seas by...
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INDIA ( Delhi, Jaipur, Karauli and Agra)
Hotel Goodtimes in the Karol Bagh area of New Delhi where we stayed.ARRIVING IN INDIAMarilyn and I have just returned from ten days in northern India. We toured the,” Golden Triangle,” from Delhi to...
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JANE AUSTEN’S LEGACY (Born 16th December 1775)
To Commemorate Jane Austens Birthday 243 years ago on 16th December 1775Jane Austen ( Her statue in the churchyard of St Nicholas, Chawton.)Jane Austen has quite some legacy and it is ever increasing...
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