We are waiting for the re-installation of the Calne bronze pigs sculpture by Richard Cowdy which was stolen on Sunday evening, 10 October by a gang from Swindon; and through the power of social media was recovered and returned. After some repairs to the damaged base, the pigs will be welcomed home to Phelps Parade… Read More What are we waiting for?
Not many visitors to Whitehall Garden Centre at Woodborough near Pewsey realise that the beautiful thatched barn they pass at the entrance is home to a branch of London-based Shepherds Bookbinders Ltd – one of only a handful of craft binderies left in the city. Even if you peep through the windows and see shelves… Read More The healing power of bookbinding
Waiting for a train after a night out in Dublin with friends, I feel as though I am part of an Edward Hopper painting, reminding me of ‘Nighthawks’. Instead of a diner with its three nightime customers, it’s a long gloomy platform, the darkness interrupted by illuminated signs, and the shadowy figures of lovers and… Read More On Tara Street Station
Yes, E- Day approaches. Extraction Day. It’s probably over thirty years since I had a tooth out, and that was to make room for other teeth in an over-crowded area, so taking out a rotten tooth counts as a new experience. No-one enjoys having a tooth out, but I do remember that it was done… Read More Open wide, please
Sad to say… another woman’s magazine, which publishes short stories, closes its doors to unsolicited submissions. Fewer opportunities of publication for writers of this genre as a result. I was sorry to receive a letter this week, accompanying a returned short story manuscript I had submitted to Take A Break Fiction Feast, stating that from… Read More Look on the bright side
New display boards have been intstalled in Calne Heritage Centre, replacing ones which were first put up when the Centre opened in 2001 in the former Carnegie Library. The subjects of the boards are: the Wilthire Cure, Harristroracy (the story of the Harris family) the Woollen Industry, Calne’s First Word War Auxiliary Hospitals, Caln Township… Read More C&T Harris Ltd and the Wiltshire Cure
