Tag Archives: england

Quick! Listen to P.J. Harvey’s Today programme

An amazing thing happened at the dear old BBC lately. (You can tell you’re on to something good when the Daily Mail calls it ‘Drivel!’). They’ve been inviting guests editors onto its daily news magazine, ‘Today’ and the 2 January’s … Continue reading

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Shrewsbury Tumulus

A hidden relic of the Bronze Age in a suburban street. While I was staying with my Mum in the house I grew up in in South East London (I once made a project about this house as it has … Continue reading

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Three Stone Circles (Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion)

While on the residency with Crew, which is very enjoyable, we all had to dash to Frameries, near Mons, where Eric had to take part in a panel at the Fabrique du Théâtre: As it was in French, I didn’t … Continue reading

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At Last – Long Meg and Her Daughters

My first stone circle of the trip – hooray – and the family came too (and my Mum). I think it is a good one, not being an expert, but Burl says that Long Meg is the sixth largest stone … Continue reading

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Signs of Spring at Low Sizergh Barn

Still no luck convincing the family that a wet trump around some two-thousand-year-old stone circles is what Easter should be all about. Instead of this we made a trip to Low Sizergh Barn. As this is an organic farm, there … Continue reading

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