A Place Of Inspiration – Hill Top, Beatrix Potter’s House, UK

Beatrix Potter is one of the most successful children's writers of all time. She was also into conservation, science, and illustration. There's plenty already written about Potter's life, so I won't try and shove it all in this blog post. Instead, I'll concentrate on Hill Top, the house where Potter lived and worked from 1905... Continue Reading →

A Formidable Presence – The Grave Of Rebecca West, Brookwood Cemetery

Born Cicily Isabel Fairfax in 1892, Rebecca West was a writer, literary critic, and journalist, named "indisputably the world's number one woman writer" by Time magazine in 1947. Both a CBE and DBE, West died in 1983 and is buried in Brookwood Cemetery. Cicily took the pseudonym "Rebecca West" from the rebellious young heroine in "Rosmersholm" by Henrik Ibsen... Continue Reading →

Sir John Betjeman’s Grave, St Enodoc Church, Cornwall

St Enodoc Church can be found hunkered down in the sand dunes at Trebetherwick, surrounded by a golf course. It's not the usual spot for a place of worship, and the building itself is also a curiousity. This unusual spot might be reason enough to visit, but it also happens to be where you'll find... Continue Reading →

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