Blogs in March 2018

In the Blink of an Eye 25th March 2018

He had Edinburgh at his feet, but who would be by his side? In 1843, Edinburgh artist David Octavius Hill is commissioned to paint the portraits of 400 ministers of the new Free Church. Only when he meets Robert...

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All Rivers Run Free 23rd March 2018

Ia Pendilly ekes out a fierce life in a caravan on the Cornish coast in a dystopian near-future Britain. In years of living with her battering cousin and common law husband Bran, she’s never had her own baby. So...

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The Pottery Gardener: Flowers and Hens at the Emma Bridgewater Factory 19th March 2018

The Emma Bridgewater factory in Stoke-on-Trent is a mecca for lovers of its iconic pottery, known nationally for its designs featuring florals and farmyard animals. Today, it is a thriving visitor attraction; but tucked within is a walled garden...

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Welsh Folk Tales 19th March 2018

This book, a selection of folk tales, true tales, tall tales, myths, gossip, legends and memories, celebrates and honours unique Welsh stories. Some are well known, others from forgotten manuscripts or out-of-print volumes, and some are contemporary oral tales....

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Lucy in her Secret Wood (A Story Inspired by Wordsworth’s wild child Lucy Gray) Lucy Series Book 1 19th March 2018

One night, Lucy’s angry stepfather takes eight-year-old Lucy from the little room she has been locked away in for years, puts her in the backseat of his van, and leaves her in a remote English wood. Lucy has learned...

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