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Category Archives: Publishing
Many Roads to take and A River to Cross
From what I discovered on my day trip to Dartford, I was no longer sure of the road I wanted to take in leaving there. Plus there was a question of how best to get across the River Medway using the mode … Continue reading
Posted in Canterbury, Canterbury, Chaucer, Dartford, Pilgrimages, Publishing, Rochester, Winchester
Tagged Canterbury Tales, coaching inn, prophets, saints, spiritual, spirituality, St Swithun, St Thomas a Beckett
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A Sad and Sorry End to English Pilgrimages
Following on from my post on the Yard Foreman’s Tale, it would not just have been the romance of the coach and horses being the mode of transport, but also the interesting people one would have met on their way to pay their spiritual … Continue reading
Posted in Canterbury, Canterbury, Caxton, Dartford, Kent, Printing, Publishing
Tagged Caxton Press, Chaucer, coaching inn, marriage, pilgrims, spiritual
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In the Beginning, there was the word
In the beginning, there was the word. How much different would history have been for the accolytes picking up on it, if that word was meant to be “good”, but was written down instead as “god”? How much difference would a letter make to what people would … Continue reading
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1991: Last days of the hand-written letter
It may not seem so long ago, but back in April 1991 when I first came to the United Kingdom, Internet cafes and email did not exist. Keeping in touch with friends and loved ones back home required a lot more … Continue reading
Posted in Canterbury, Chaucer, Printing, Publishing
Tagged Arthur, blog, blogging, Canterbury Tales, Caxton Press, Chaucer, email, letter-writing, letters, mail
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