Category: Nostalgia
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THE PASTON WAY
29th September 2024 ‘Poppyland’ is a quaint name given to an area of coastal north-east Norfolk, UK, between the seaside towns of Sheringham and Mundesley. It was popularised by the 19th century poet and theatre critic Clement Scott, who first visited the area from London in 1883 and coined the term Poppyland in his…
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NEITHER HERE NOR THERE – Book Review
NEITHER HERE NOR THERE: TRAVELS IN EUROPE Bill Bryson (1991) If you have any interest at all in travel writing then Bill Bryson will already be familiar to you. He is one of the most popular and recognisable authors in the genre, and in Neither Here Nor There he turns his eye towards continental…
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MULTICULTURAL MAGIC DARTS
Last month we lost a key figure in British music – Terry Hall, lead singer of The Specials, Fun Boy Three, and numerous other projects died at the age of 63. In August of the previous year another lead vocalist died with none of the same media attention. His name was Bob Fish. I’ll get…
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