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Aug 15, 2025
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Some places still and warm
Snowlight, fen skating and the shelter of stories; plus Christmas carol chaos in the Village News
Jan 15
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Ceci n'est pas une winter jumper, sorry
A free post about what really constitutes warm clothes when you live in the countryside, also torches, boots and several other things
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Honouring the pattern
A heartfelt thank you, festive greetings, and some wintery words
Dec 24, 2025
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All brightness above
A frosty morning, a Christmas album, a brass band, and an extremely festive edition of the Village News
Dec 14, 2025
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You can't always get what you want
Jun 13, 2024
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Summoned by bells
Jul 14, 2024
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Tenderness toward existence
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A rural village in East Substack
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Oranges and reds and burnished golds
New book announcement, autumn splendour, and the latest Village News
Nov 15, 2025
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Loving an old dog
This isn't a sad pet story
Nov 2, 2025
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Alive with invisible birds
Linnets, sugar beets and 'author care'; and in the Village News, cows on trampolines, a pie update and suspicious egg disappearance
Oct 15, 2025
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Our fields they are clear
Autumn in Ixenford, fig glut, sea peril, a wonderful book and a Village Newsletter
Sep 14, 2025
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Fête accompli
A short report, with photos and audio, from our yearly village gala
Aug 19, 2025
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A rural village in East Substack
A FREE, bumper summer edition featuring book news, an introduction to Ixenford, and three things that aren't on screens
Aug 15, 2025
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An interstitial
Where to find the Clay chapters and the Smugglers End posts, and why I was an idiot in Shropshire this week
Aug 10, 2025
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The singing of the summer grass
Post-solstice listlessness, waiting for harvest, and chasing down the past
Jul 15, 2025
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A material world
A part-free, part-paid piece about June roses, stone tools and our place in space and time
Jun 15, 2025
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A monthly postcard from the English countryside: nature, the rural year, and a village newsletter. Book news and other personal updates at the top.
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