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Sewards End, a Farmer’s Boy in the 1940s-50s

The first 18 years of my life were spent on a small farm known as ‘Woodside’ in between Sewards End and Ashdon

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Saffron Walden Historical Journal No 30 (Autumn 2015)

The Autumn 2015 edition of the Journal included articles featuring a fascinating study of the paintings of William Tomkins of Audley End and more

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I do love AI. Can the human race really be under threat from a mechanical life form which writes "Sir Thomas Dagworth lived from 1276 to July 1450 (or 1352 depending on historical records)"? There is still some way to go.

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European Knight, made by a 16thC Japanese student. The Jesuits established a painting school in Nagasaki in the late 16th century.
Students were taught to produce these European style oil paintings and engravings. (Tokyo National Museum)

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23 Aug 2091583838556152093

The smile on the Cheshire Cat - the Venetian window in the nursery school at Peak Forest was once the east window of the Chapel dedicated to St Charles King & Martyr. Built by Christiana, Duchess of Devonshire, it was an unconventional, not to say risky, dedication for 1657 but

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23 Aug 2091583843778146610

... the Duchess was unintimidated and Peak Forest was a non-diocesan peculiar. This also allowed the incumbent a lucrative business in no-banns instant marriages which ended only with the Hardwick Marriage Act in 1857 ... and even then squeaked on discreetly in a few cases.

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20 Aug 2090447855085371548

Short but very kind review in Print Quarterly of my Winstanley biography by Antony Griffiths, formerly Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum.

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