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Early Retirement for Teacher leads to Interior Design

Early Retirement for Teacher leads to Interior Design

Louise Frantom and her husband Des, moved to our village 23 years ago in 1993.  She remembers coming down the hill and seeing the lovely village green (for a shot of the Green, see my blog ‘Bucks and Pups’).  It

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Hearts, Glass and Curved Balls!

Hearts, Glass and Curved Balls!

Making the most of good days with Hypermobility Syndrome

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Friends for a Reason, a Season or a Lifetime

Friends for a Reason, a Season or a Lifetime

I first met Dave England on the Stage Management and Technical Theatre Course run by the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in 1986.  We studied Stage Management with 20 or so fellow students, graduating as ‘Class of ‘1988’

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Craft Fairs in the South East

I’m going to be checking out popular crafts and gifts ahead of making my own glass and precious metal jewellery. I’ve been working in dichroic glass (shiny!) to make shapes that I can then set in gold and silver.  Watch this

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Writers as Carers

I started to write professionally in 2006, as a result of my experiences coping with infertility and fertility treatment (which can truly be a bit grim!).  My book “Making Babies the Hard Way” was published in 2007, making me eligible to become

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Chiltern Crafts Survive

Chiltern Crafts Survive

Ernest Riall moved from the USA to the UK in 2002 with the initial idea of coming to England to study and travel for the few years, before moving back.  He originally meant to go back to Los Angeles, spend the

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The Art of Living – September 2003

Tokyo Fuji Art Museum “Until the peoples of the world develop a mutual understanding and respect for each other, there is no way we can expect to achieve a peaceful world.  It is the creation of art and music coming

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