I am Dee La Vardera, writer and photographer from Wiltshire. I write magazine features, short stories and dabble in poetry. I have published non-fiction books about Wiltshire, and the Second World War. I have just finished An illustrated history of C. & T. Harris (Calne) Ltd: 250 years of success, failure and regeneration for Amberley Publishing.
‘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 Eight Widows of Tounson Almshouses – Part 2
These censuses show that nine women lived in the Almshouses at this time. Note that the address of the Almshouses...
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Llanerch Colliery disaster 1890
Online research can take you in many directions, often deviating down minor roads and paths away from the route you...
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Log your hog
Who doesn’t love a hedgehog? Well, not everyone, so it seems. Why did Tudors kill so much wildlife? Hedgehogs have...
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