Tag Archives: Stratford-upon-Avon

Read it, Note it, start again.

Distant Days of Summer. I’m back to basics with the book. Reading and writing notes. I much prefer fiction were I can simply let my mind wander and invent. Writing non-fiction is long and arduous, and a constant battle with … Continue reading

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Reading, Notations and Writing

It’s hard work writing a book. I am spending hours reading and researching information that at times contradicts itself. I just want to type out the story but there is no point if it’s inaccurate. In the last four weeks … Continue reading

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Shakespeare’s Pageant.

The Lord Mayor of London’s Pageant John Herbert, the Lord Mayor’s factotum, walked into the drapers shop in Cripplegate, London owned by Anthony Munday the writer and poet. “I’m here to see Anthony Munday.” Announced Herbert. “He doesn’t actually concern … Continue reading

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Who wrote Shakespeare?

Shakespeare was a nom de plume of someone but we don’t know who. William Shakespeare the gentleman farmer from Stratford upon Avon was not the writer; I don’t think that he ever left Stratford but instead lived out a comfortable … Continue reading

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