Ley Lies
Map 1 1 All Mathematics would suggestA steady straight line as the best,But left and right alternatelyIs consonant with history. In his book How We Believe, Michael Shermer argues the … Continue reading
Crab and Bee’s Matter of Britain: Mythlands of Albion
It has been many, many years since I read ‘Matter of Britain’ and even then, it was a condensed version. It was a tough read, being mostly in mediaeval vernacular. … Continue reading
Dream Tyne – Travels Around the North East Coast (Part Three)
David Bowie 2 I own most of Bowie’s work in one format or another (often multiple formats) and was delighted that on reaching the Whitby, the Tesco superstore had a … Continue reading
Dream Tyne – Travels Around The North East Coast (Part Two)
Ravenscar – A Brief History 1 It is the fifth century. The Roman Empire is in catastrophic decline and the last of the legions stationed at Peak Fort pack up … Continue reading
Futhark and other Northern Tales – Brand New Collection – Available Now!
Click on the picture to purchase – £11 A collection of poems inspired by the Elder Futhark rune set. Neither translations of the rune poems, nor updates for the modern … Continue reading
Dream Tyne – Travels Around the North East Coast (Part One)
Robin Hood’s Bay 1 I needed to get away. Somewhere quiet, isolated. I wanted to finish drafting my dissertation in a place with no distractions. The problem was that an … Continue reading
Firefrost and Fundindelve – Travels Around Alderley Edge (Part Two)
iii -The Wild Magic Alderley Edge, or at least my Alderley Edge, exists only in my mind and there is now little correlation between the reality and fantasy Edges. Perhaps … Continue reading
A Psalm of Stone – Travels around Avebury (Part Two)
7 The lack of stones, the absence of carvings made Avebury feel somehow ‘less’. Not being able to see the sites that thrilled me as a child was a deep … Continue reading
Ardnamurchan
i -1968 When I was four years old, we went on holiday with to the exotic sounding Ardnamurchan Point on the west coast of Scotland. I remember leaving home in the … Continue reading
Travels Around Summerisle
This piece formed a part of my PhD thesis. The section this is extracted from dealt with the uncanny, the weird, the eerie, and my reactions to them. I illustrated … Continue reading
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