Archive | May, 2009

Gipeswic Waterfront

May 29, 2009

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In the rain… Well I might not get many plaudits from the Ipswich tourist board but I promise to snap it in the sunshine some time. This is a sky though all too familiar. The view is looking towards the brand new university building. It’s an impressive bit of kit. After all there was nothing there before [...]

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1066 and all that…

May 22, 2009

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It was with some trepidation that I sat down with a cup of tea and a bourbon to watch Channel 4′s drama 1066: The Battle for Middle Earth. On the one hand I was amazed that something about Anglo-Saxons that didn’t include Tony Robinson and Time Team had managed to get airtime but on the other, the way [...]

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Prosaic Nation

May 6, 2009

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Nipped along Sunday to the National Trust visitor centre at Sutton Hoo and who should be there but King Raedwald himself! Actually he was not quite that stocky but the photo has squashed him. As you can see he was sporting a rather fetching three quarter length warrior jacket in tan leather and a nice replica [...]

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