Essential Wessex: The Baptism of Cynegils
Lo, I shall tell you the truest of visions, a dream that I dreamt in the dead of night while people reposed in peaceful sleep. I seemed to see the sacred tree, lifted on…
Wessex Attractions: Cheltenham Racecourse
Cheltenham (or Chiltenham, to use the West Saxon spelling) Racecourse, known as "the home of jump racing", was founded in 1815, and has been at its present site since 1831,…
Wessex On Screen: I See A Dark Stranger
I See A Dark Stranger, retitled The Adventuress in the US, was a spy thriller starring Deborah Kerr, made during World War 2, but not released until 1946.An epilogue was…
Wessex in Fiction: Dragon’s Rock.
Dragon's Rock is a 1995 young adult novel by Devon-based author Tim Bowler. It was inspired by a view of a dilapidated farmhouse and a standing stone that Bowler would…