April 12, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.
It was a strange day for a celebration. Despite the mid-April date, I was woken by a WhatsApp message bleeping through from my daughter with a photo of the beautiful snow-covered landscape surrounding her 16th century farmhouse in Worcestershire. Outside my own London window, large flakes of snow drifted towards the ground. By the time […]
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October 31, 2016.Reading time 18 minutes.
Most people associate Twickenham with rugby. As home to England Rugby with a stadium that seats a crowd of 82,000 for a big match, it’s most visitors’ reason for coming here. However, Twickenham has other claims to fame and just a fairly short walk along the Thames from Eel Pie Island, just off the high street in […]
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June 14, 2012.Reading time 9 minutes.
The Geffrye Museum, Museum of the Home, is based in Hackney and my friend Annie has been a Friend and involved in the museum’s activities for many years. When the Friends set up a walk in Twickenham, following a route to take in some of its most famous poet inhabitants, she thought I’d like to […]
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