Blogs in October 2020

Wintering: A Season With Geese 18th October 2020

The arrival of huge flocks of geese in the UK is one of the most evocative and powerful harbingers of winter; a vast natural phenomenon to capture the imagination. So Stephen Rutt found when he moved to Dumfries one...

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The Jazz Files 18th October 2020

“It stands for Jazz Files,” said Rollo. “It’s what we call any story that has a whiff of high society scandal but can’t yet be proven… you never know when a skeleton in the closet might prove useful.” Set...

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Because of You 17th October 2020

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock . . . midnight. The old millennium turns into the new. In the same hospital, two very different women give birth to two very similar daughters. Hope leaves with a beautiful baby girl. Anna leaves with...

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Landscape Photographer of the Year 13 16th October 2020

Showcases the winning and commended entries from the thirteenth annual Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. Every image is captioned with the photographer’s account of the inspiration behind the picture Technical information section, detailing equipment and techniques used by...

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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper 14th October 2020

Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. They came from Fleet Street, Knightsbridge, Wolverhampton, Sweden and Wales. They wrote ballads, ran coffee houses, lived on country estates, they breathed ink-dust...

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