HOMING IN ON ENGLAND The Story of England – A Village and Its People Through the Whole of English History Michael Wood, London: Penguin, 2011, 440 pp. Michael Wood begins with a quotation from Blake: “To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit.” This summarises his aim, which is to zero in on one small… Continue reading
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Sea Changes part-serialised – Part 4
Connor Post continues with its extracts from Sea Changes – http://connorpost.com/exclusive/derek-turner-sea-changes-4.html
Sea Changes part-serialized – Part 3
Connor Post‘s part-serialization of Sea Changes continues with Chapter 3, here: http://connorpost.com/exclusive/derek-turner-sea-changes-3.html
Sea Changes part-serialized – Part 2
Connor Post is now carrying Chapter 2 of Sea Changes here: http://connorpost.com/exclusive/derek-turner-sea-changes-2.html
Sea Changes part-serialized – Part 1
Connor Post is serializing extracts from Sea Changes. Part 1 (and a brief introduction) may be found here: http://connorpost.com/exclusive/derek-turner-sea-changes-1.html
My latest article for Chronicles
Identity and Appearances, my latest article for the marvellous Chronicles, is now on-line – although I believe not for very long, unless you are a subscriber (which if you aren’t you ought to be). http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2015/November/39/11/magazine/article/10829682/
Leicester – the arrhythmic heart of England
Leicester – the arrhythmic heart of England The city of Leicester is about as far from the sea as one can get in England. But one sweltering August day, when everyone else was heading down to the beaches, we were driving in the opposite direction so that I could fill in a long-troubling gap on… Continue reading