I am Dee La Vardera, writer and photographer from Wiltshire. I write magazine features, short stories and non-fiction books on local history and WW2-related subjects. ‘Dewfall-hawk’ is Thomas Hardy’s poetic word for the nightjar which appears in ‘Afterwards’, a favourite poem of mine.
Whatever the medium – poetry, prose, music, painting, sculpture or photography, it is a joy to have the freedom to express oneself and to share one’s view of the world with others.
The smallest library in Wiltshire
Possibly, the smallest collection in the county, if not the country. The Samuel Hey Library, St Mary’s Church, Steeple Ashton...
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Spring walk
On a walk around Steeple Ashton, snowdrops were appearing everywhere, a sure sign that spring is round the corner. I...
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Record time
From Lascaux’s prehistoric cave paintings to illuminated manuscripts on vellum to 25 million books in the British Library, we have...
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Chinese New Year
And it's the Year of the Pig- who'd have guessed? Thank you Wiltshire Museum for this tweet. Wiltshire Museum (@WiltshireMuseum)...
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