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Month: July 2017

history, Things to Do, Tradition1 Comment

The New York of English villages

July 27, 2017July 27, 2017 slowchilterns

There’s a travel syndrome we might call New York State of Mind: the belief that you’ve been somewhere, even when you haven’t.  We’ve all seen New York in the movies, so we feel we know it. If it has nothing … Continue reading The New York of English villages

Children, Nature, Things to Do1 Comment

How do you make a hedgehog blue?

July 27, 2017 slowchilterns

Also, what flavour of food do they dislike?  These were a couple of the questions to which we heard the answers on a trip to Tiggywinkles, the world’s leading wildlife hospital. Tiggywinkles – named after the Beatrix Potter character – … Continue reading How do you make a hedgehog blue?

Eating, Things to Do1 Comment

Mills and meals

July 23, 2017July 23, 2017 slowchilterns

Perching by a bridge on the Oxfordshire/Berkshire border, The Mill at Sonning provides an excellent example of new uses for old buildings.  Mills have existed at Sonning since the days of Domesday, and the main parts of the present building … Continue reading Mills and meals

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Down by the river…

July 18, 2017July 23, 2017 slowchilterns

The historian Eric Hobsbawm used to refer to “invented traditions”; the peculiar process of swan upping is what he might have called a re-invented tradition. Its origins go back many centuries, perhaps as far as the 12th century when the … Continue reading Down by the river…

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Speak softly and rule the nation

July 17, 2017July 23, 2017 slowchilterns

In an age of noise, spectacle and rolling news, Dorneywood House – tucked away off a country lane in the depths of Buckinghamshire – seems like a throwback.  The estate on which the house stands has a history of ownership … Continue reading Speak softly and rule the nation

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Stanley, I presume?

July 17, 2017July 23, 2017 slowchilterns

It looks like a simple memorial stone, until you delve into the story of Stanley Spencer’s life, in which nothing was simple. His was not an especially long life, though the times changed considerably; he was born into a late … Continue reading Stanley, I presume?

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