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Walking Quite Fast: September 2014

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Wednesday, 10 September 2014. Wednesday 10.09.2014. Imagine the most perfect September day. This was it: the geometry of the season,. The very first signs of leaves on the turn,. A warm sun and that indefinable scent of change in the air. My favourite time of year which is why I`m spending the rest of the month more than five and a half thousand miles away.some are born contrary, some achieve contrariness and some have contrariness thrust upon them, to mangle The Bard. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Walking Quite Fast: May 2015

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Sunday, 31 May 2015. Sunday 31.05.2015 (part 2). And so, gentle reader, we did indeed go out again. Boots still a bit soggy after this morning but no waterproofs required so it felt like walking several pounds lighter. The wind marginally less eye-watering as it had swung round to the south-west. Dry road,. White clouds elbowing the grey ones aside and the cows up and eating rather than sulking in one muddy corner of the field, stock (or should that be stoically) still with their heads down. Loving this ...

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Walking Quite Fast: Thursday 23.07.2015

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Thursday, 23 July 2015. Thursday 23.07.2015. The sun tried in vain to get through the grey clouds this evening. And there was a cool breeze but it was mercifully dry and an excellent cobweb banishing jaunt. There was a bit of blue sky as we turned for home and later in the evening there was a brief burst of sunshine sending great long shadows across the fields. And just now, with a glint of light remaining, there`s a beautiful demi-moon suspended in the south west and a few stars just appearing.

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Hello world! | Savagely's Blog

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Just another WordPress.com weblog. Welcome to Well Farm Cottages. We are a family-run self-catering cottages business. Our three cottages, Home Cottage, Plough Cottage and Pippins are located next to our farm house near Painswick in the Cotswolds. At present we are in the Rural Retreats catalogue. When I have finished tweaking this blog you will be able to book directly with us. This entry was posted on May 27, 2009 at 11:15 am and is filed under Uncategorized. Feed You can leave a response.

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Tim Porter

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Masterpieces of Anglo-Saxon Art. Anglo-Saxon Minsters – Roots of the English Church. Origins of the English Parish (no slides). 927 And All That – The Birth of England. Edward the Confessor’s Kingdom – England on the Eve of Conquest. 1066 - The Fact and the Fantasy. The Dispossessed – English Royalty after the Norman Conquest (no slides). Dawn of Chivalry – The Knight in the Twelfth Century. Magna Carta – How it Happened and What it Was. Origins of the English Parliament (no slides). Who was St Nicholas?

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Tim Porter

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Aelfric of Eynsham – His Life of 1000 Years Ago. A thousand years ago, an English monk wrote the first detailed account we have of working people and their lives – Aelfric’s “Colloquy”. It’s a spyhole into the remote past, opening onto a world of illuminating detail. My talk tries to match it with images of the England it describes. A Guide to Subjects. Medieval Buildings: Art and Architecture. Medieval Scotland, Wales and Borders. Cotswolds, Severn and Upper Thames. A Selection of Musical Talks.

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Medieval Women – A Pictorial Journey into their lives. Women’s rights were not at their brightest during the Middle Ages – that well known assertion is true enough in a broad sense. But, what about Mary, the greatest of the saints? And what about all those wealthy business widows, princesses and abbesses? Medieval art has much to tell us about women’s lives (albeit that most of the artists were men! And my lecture uses it to gain a broad overview of a vast subject. A Guide to Subjects.

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Matthew Paris of St. Albans – Chronicler and Artist. Matthew Paris was the most opinionated, volatile and talented man in 13th century England! From his headquarters at St. Albans Abbey, his researches spread far and wide, resulting in a magnificent, gossipy chronicle, some inspired mapmaking and above all, wonderful drawings and paintings – vivid, imaginative, both of their time and ahead of their time. A Guide to Subjects. Medieval Buildings: Art and Architecture. Medieval Scotland, Wales and Borders.

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Empress Matilda – Her Fight for the Throne. In 1141, England nearly had a reigning queen. The banquet was on the table, but the coronation never took place! Matilda was the woman in question, already Dowager Empress of Germany, and a capable, strong ruler – so why did she fail? My talk explores the politics of gender, medieval theories of monarchy, and the terrible war, which was waged for Matilda’s rights. A Guide to Subjects. Medieval Buildings: Art and Architecture. Medieval Scotland, Wales and Borders.