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A bookshop that focuses on whodunnits, especially local ones. It's in Botolph's Lane, just opposite the Pitt Building. See their web...

On 7th Dec I attended a CB1 poetry event at yet another new venue - the Brew House. About 40 people attended. I hadn't heard of either o...

My maternal grandparents came from at least 400 years of south Dorset stock. Here they seem to have just come out of hiding after years unde...

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You may not have been to Lavenham (Suffolk - follow the link to see photos) but you've probably seen it in Harry Potter films. In medie...

Here's a continuation of a list I posted in June . Without the context it's rather unfair to assess the following fragments. From wh...

I know very little about opera, but I think "Recitativo secco" is what opera singers sometimes do between songs - minimal orchestr...