And heading to Bath… Please excuse the weird reflections and sometimes grainy images. These were taken from a train window. From July 25. Somewhere around Dunbar and Berwick-On-Tweed The North Sea A bit of castle ruin on the seaside Darlington Station
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REVIEW: GLORIOUS 39 (2011)
Glorious indeed. This is a wholly original, impeccable new film from writer/director Stephen Poliakoff. A stunning cast illuminates a finite moment in English history — the summer of 1939, on the eve of the unthinkable. The story centers on the Keyes family, and is told from the point of view of the eldest daughter,…
REVIEW: THE WHITE DEVIL by Justin Evans
I can’t be sure how I became entirely sucked into this story. Perhaps it was the easy, seductive charm of the setting; or the way the era was not obvious at the outset; maybe how it took on the genres of ghost story, coming-of-age tale and historical fiction all at once. It is set in…
QUICK REVIEW: The Englishman Who Posted Himself…
And Other Curious Objects By John Tingey A light biography of W. Reginald Bray, the undisputed Autograph King. In Edwardian England, Bray decided to have a little fun with the postal service. He mailed unusual objects (a turnip, coin, piece of seaweed, himself) to test the regulations of the Post. Then he started testing the…