From Stroud to Strouds: The Hidden History of a British Fur Trade Textile Cory Wilmott Textile History Journal November 2005 These rough...

A comparison of Island Man and Limbo with a formal piece of writing as an assessment, if wanted. There then follows a piece about...

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Notes and Thoughts derived from reading The New Working Class How to win Hearts, Minds and Votes Claire Ainsley, Policy Press 2018 How do...

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A Ghost Pub Pilgrimage through Stroud and the Five Valleys An A-Z Gazetteer With thanks to Geoff Sandles and his invaluable and necessary...

Reimagining how the Railway Lies I live in Stroud, Home of the arch commemorating the abolition of slavery, An arch from 1834, Standing...

In 1984 Orwell wrote “If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.“ I think he was wrong. If...

Statues and History and Heritage ‘You can’t change history,’ they cry. Forgetting the old Collingwood adage: ‘Every generation re-writes...

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When I was a little, tiny boy, Me daddy said to me The time has come my bonny, bonny bairn, To learn your ABC. Now Daddy was a lodge...

I’ve written this simple A to Z guide so it can be used to stitch a sampler; be recited at night when you can’t sleep; used as a memory...

Gloucester Docks: Revealing a hidden Colonial Landscape and Waterscape It was pouring February rain, When I visited Gloucester Docks: The...

I discovered a time machine today Powered by creosote I was sat on the roof of an abandoned air raid shelter Nestling beneath our Iron...

‘For the moment, our freedoms have to be restricted. But when the lockdown ends, let’s celebrate by demanding a right to roam on open...

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by Stuart Butler When even a Tory traditionalist Such as Edmund Burke could assert that, “the number of estates, country-houses, castles,...

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Thursday evening, 8pm, 23 April 2020. I’ve decided to drop my participation in the ‘Clapping for the NHS’ ritual. I feel bad about it, as...