Rambling Beads·Apr 17Walking the WansdykeWeek off work and time to walk the Wansdyke. I have to take 5 days of holiday before the end of March, so an early spring holiday it is.
Musleh Saadi·Jan 20Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)Thomas Hardy is often described as the chief representative and literary architect of Wessex, a semi-imaginary region in the south-west of…A response icon6
Ruthgomes·Aug 29, 2025Thomas Hardy: The Beauty in the RuinA special edition in our Literary Legends seriesA response icon1
InFrame of ReferencebyMichael McComb·Jan 1, 2024Æthelred and Æthelflæd of Mercia: Medieval England’s most important marriage?In 886, Alfred the Great, King of Wessex (871–899), is thought to have held a grand ceremony in London, receiving oaths of loyalty from his…A response icon2
