Black dog tales: From folklore to fiction, the landscapes of the Baskervilles
‘There is a rumour that…’ is a phrase that appears a lot in relation to the genesis of the spectral hound Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles and the Black dog within. A variety of locations lay some claim to the hound, not least those...
Black Dog tales: The Hound of St Austell
A guest post from Andrew Macdonald of Waveney Archaeology. Samuel Drew (1765-1833) was a self-taught man of letters; his special interest was metaphysics, which is perhaps why he is little known now. He was apprenticed to a shoemaker and gave the following account of...
Vanishing Point: Out of sight
Genealogy is an inconsistent science and growing a family tree quickly becomes an obsessive work of semi-fictional detective work. The urge to push further and further backward heading into our peasant laden past, hankering after the occasional sight of a king or...
Lost in a landscape: Ditchingham – an eye for an eye
Ditchingham sits just North of the Norfolk Suffolk Border. It is to all intents and purposes a suburb of Bungay albeit in a different county and on the other side of a main road. The town and its satellite village sit on the edge of the gentle yawning line that forms...IW on Facebook
Armistice exhibition. Opens Saturday. Includes an piece I was commissioned to make for the exhibition. www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/norwich-castle/whats-on/exhibitions/armistice-legacy-of-the-great-war-...
Armistice: Legacy of the Great War in Norfolk - Norfolk Museums
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Armistice: Legacy of the Great War in Norfolk is a major centenary exhibition commemorating the end of the First World War.www.lensculture.com/articles/bob-mazzer-life-from-a-tube-the-london-underground
Life from a Tube: The London Underground - Video interview with Bob Mazzer | LensCulture
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The world’s subway riders have inspired photographers for decades—this work stands with the best of them, capturing London’s Tube riders with humanity, humor and delightEuston lost tunnelsHidden London Tour by the Transport Museum. Closed in April 1962, these were public access routes between Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway and City and South London. Fascinating, a must see.
More info here: www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/hidden-london