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Stone Circles
Stone circles have always felt very special in my life. As a child my parents took me to Stonehenge and Avebury, but it wasn’t until I revisited them as an adult that I experienced a little of their true power and beauty. I was in the company of a very special woman from the First Nations of America (a detailed account can be found in ‘To Be Human is an Honour’) As a teenager I...
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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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Ancient past and future science
What an inspiration! I visited the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences in Cambridge and was very fortunate to attend a tour by the Director, Dr. Liz Hide. Her focus on encouraging young people from varied backgrounds was impressive. The tour commenced with the equipment Darwin used to collect, classify and examine rocks and fossils. I was unaware that Geology was his first area of study and his methods still form the basis of modern geological...
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Stone circles have always felt very special in my life. As a child my parents
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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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