Monthly Archives: June 2026

A Too Late postmark…

As is well known, I have a bit of a fascination for postal ephemera from the nineteenth century, and I was highly intrigued by this post from the Derbyshire record office … Definitely in the ‘rather interesting’ category, and something … Continue reading

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Mechanics Institute, Athenaeum or School of Arts?

I’ve been reading Shirley Barrett’s Rush Oh!, a story about whaling in Eden in the far south east of New South Wales, and an area which I more or less know. When we lived in Canberra, the coast from Pebbly … Continue reading

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Discovering Agatha Christie

I have never read a novel by Agatha Christie. Sure, I’ve watched documentaries about her, about her nervous breakdown when she ran away to Harrogate after crashing her car, I’ve read about her experiences working in a hospital pharmacy during … Continue reading

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