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Discovering Iron Age Britain

Butser Ancient Farm If you want a fabulous experience of the ancient past, a trip to Butser Ancient farm is a ‘must’. I visited this wonderful site during February half term on a wet and cold day. Despite that, I was warmly received by the volunteers and experimental archaeologists, and prepared to immerse myself in the Iron Age. It was a fabulous day and added greatly to my understanding and research for the fourth and...

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Discovering Iron Age Britain

Butser Ancient Farm If you want a fabulous experience of the ancient past, a trip

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A message from the heart

Happy New Year! I have a strong feeling that 2024 is going to herald many

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Winter Solstice

Happy Winter Solstice! After the beautiful Solstice meditation hosted by Wild Moon Rising on Monday,

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Author visit

Recently I was asked to do an author visit to two primary schools near Knaresborough.

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New teaching materials for the Stone Age

One of the things I enjoy most about writing historical fiction is the research. I

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu

It is with great sadness I learnt yesterday of the passing of one of my

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Turning a problem into solution

Walking out onto the lawn during the last few weeks of snow and ice, I’ve

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A natural murder mystery

Over the summer I have become aware of a wasp’s nest. The wasps would fly

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Elderberry syrup

According to Mrs. Grieve in ‘A Modern Herbal’ (which is my bible when it comes

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More Wisdom from Black Elk

The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls

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