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BOOK REVIEW | The Feather Bender's Advanced Fly Tying Techniques

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BOOK REVIEW | The Feather Bender's Advanced Fly Tying Techniques

BOOK REVIEW "The Feather Bender's Advanced Fly Tying Techniques" succeeds brilliantly as both a reference manual and an educational journey. Clarke has created a volume that respects its audience while challenging them to elevate their craft. The seamless integration of written instruction, detailed photography, and video demonstration sets a new standard for instructional materials in our field.

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An extract from The Cuckoo Calls The Year by Pete Stroh

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An extract from The Cuckoo Calls The Year by Pete Stroh

An extract from a new nature book, The Cuckoo Calls The Year by Pete Stroh. In it Pete describes the nature that he sees when out walking, training himself to look closer at the abundant species that are thriving closer to home. 

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TLS Review of TO THE EEL ISLAND, AN EVENING JOURNEY by CHARLES MOSELEY - 'Relentlessly Fascinating'

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TLS Review of TO THE EEL ISLAND, AN EVENING JOURNEY by CHARLES MOSELEY - 'Relentlessly Fascinating'

A review for To the Eel Island by Charles Moseley in the TLS. On one level this is about relocating in later life to a new home that is more manageable 

Far more than a mere memoir of moving house, the book becomes a philosophical inquiry into rootedness, change, and the persistence of the past in the fabric of the present.

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Join us tomorrow for an evening of historical intrigue - Temptation and Downfall of the Vicar of Stanton Lacy

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Join us tomorrow for an evening of historical intrigue - Temptation and Downfall of the Vicar of Stanton Lacy

FREE event at St. Peter's Church in Stanton Lacy where this dramatic true story unfolds (no RSVP needed). Enjoy complimentary wine, nibbles and music at the Church, then listen to actors reading dramatic extracts from the book. A story of love, jealousy, revenge and justice...

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This weekend at Stanton Lacy village hall - free event for book and history lovers

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This weekend at Stanton Lacy village hall - free event for book and history lovers

A reminder that St Peter's Church in Stanton Lacy are holding an evening with short dramatic extracts of the amazing true story of the Temptation and Downfall of the Vicar of Stanton Lacy this Saturday at 6:30pm.

Free to attend, with wine and music, extracts from the book read aloud and all book donations go directly to the church. No RSVP needed, please share with book and history lovers. 

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