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Are property developers a recent phenomenon

A Few Words about Property Developers Are property developers a recent phenomenon? Property developers are generally an unloved bunch these days. Making money from the expanding London property market. Buying up land, then moving people off the land. Building extravagant properties. Tearing down other beautiful buildings for their own ends. Wanting to make a name

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Agincourt Day

A Few Words about Agincourt Day So its Agincourt Day again.  One of our most famous victories over the French (in the Hundred Years War anyway).  Immortalised by Shakespeare in Henry V and subsequently by several ‘based on’ films of varying quality.  With the greatest respect to those involved in it originally, Shakespeare has done

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Ham Hill Medieval Fayre

Hamming it up

A Few Words about Hamming it up An event to celebrate the history of a deserted medieval village? Is there much in the way of historical interpretation in that? Well surprisingly there is! South Somerset District Council and the Ham Hill Park Rangers planned a weekend celebration of the park which includes, on top of

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Sudely Castle

The importance of stories to buildings and places

a few word about Stories and places The importance of stories to buildings and places I’ve been commissioned to write historical stories on three very different properties with 3 very different histories. All of which turned out to be pleasantly challenging. The first was for the East Anglian Living History Fair at the Museum of East

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2016 Performances

A Few Words about my 2016 Performances Coming up in 2016 February 8th – 13th Playing Peter in ‘Last of the Haussmans’ by Steven Beresford at Beckenham Theatre Centre. April 8th and 9th Transgendered Shakespeare at Beckenham Theatre Centre May 14th, 21st, 27th and 28th Transgendered Shakespeare at the Brighton Fringe Festival in The Friends Meeting House. July 16th New

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Erpingham

Erpingham

A Few Words about Erpingham The Church of Sir Thomas Erpingham, Erpingham, Norfolk I had the good fortune in September 2015 to be invited to a weekend event in the village celebrating  the life of this grand old man, the Marshal of the Kings Archers at Agincourt. The local population were certainly proud of their association

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