Tag: review
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The Hedge Druid’s Craft, a review
The Hedge Druid’s Craft, by Joanna van der Hoeven The subtitle for this Pagan Portals booklet is “an introduction to walking between the worlds of Wicca, Witchcraft and Druidry”, and it forms one part of a larger work of booklets from Moon Books that outline the concepts of many pagan pathways. Released in 2017, this…
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Jack Glass, by Adam Roberts
On a rainy birthday day-off, I’ve just enjoyed a rare but delicious hour in a hot bath, and finished off Jack Glass, by Adam Roberts (Kindle version). In my youth I lived on science fiction, and then as the years went by I tended toward fantasy, when I had any time to read non-fiction at…
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Fairport Convention at Stroud Subscription Rooms 12th May 2012
I’ve been a fan of Fairport Convention for probably thirty-five years – almost as long as I have been of Jethro Tull, who introduced me to them via bass-magician Dave Pegg – who played for them both. This year is Fairport’s forty-fifth year in the folk-rock business, and Miss and I went along to the…
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Currently Reading – Pagan Religions by Kerr Cuhulain
Currently Reading – Pagan Religions : A Handbook for Diversity training by Kerr Cuhulain. Was given this as a review copy, and a review will eventually appear. 🙂
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Ian Anderson – Thick as a Brick I & II at Bristol Colston Hall
28th April 2012ce. I can’t recall precisely when I first hooked into Jethro Tull. It must have been about 1975, when my school mate Dave lent me a ‘pirated’ cassette tape of Thick as a Brick. (Less fuss about pirating music back then because the only way to do so was to use a hissy poorly recorded…
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Currently Reading – Terry Pratchett’s Soul Music
Currently Reading – Terry Pratchett’s Soul Music Just because. Not the first read, and surely not the last. Although, it has to be said, there’re so many PTerry books on the shelf now that I may never find time to read them all again, as often as they deserve… yes, all hardback, first editions and…
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Currently Reading – All For Poor Jack by Steve Tilston
All For Poor Jack by Steve Tilston I’ve been a fan of Steve Tilston as a songwriter and as a performer for many years. He’s written some wonderful folk songs and many of them have become the standards of Fairport Convention. When I went to see him play along with Keith Warmington and Stuart Gordon in…