A couple of years ago there was a small folk music festival in the grounds of Bradgate House. The house is a ruin now but it was once the home of a former queen of England. Lady Jane Grey was queen for just nine days but she spent her early childhood in that house surrounded…Read more Europa’s Fall
Month: September 2019
Newgrange
Today we have something old and something new. This track-of-the-week is called Newgrange, but that's a highly anachronistic name for an ancient Neolithic monument. The song is Clannad's response to the large burial mound with that name in County Meath, Ireland. Dating from around 3200 BC it is older than both the stone circle at…Read more Newgrange
Easy Targets
The Crotchety Wanderer stepped into yet more uncharted territory recently. This time it was a website called The Progressive Aspect. An album review in the News section had caught my eye. The album was called Black Bead Eye, which was an interesting title, and it was by How Far to Hitchin, an outfit I'd not heard…Read more Easy Targets
Sleepwalk
It's a sleepy Sunday here in Crotchety country. Mrs C has gone away for a few days, all is quiet in the neighbourhood and the late summer sun is bathing the house in its warm lazy rays. No-one is around. No children play outside, no cars drive down the street. No sounds break the silence…Read more Sleepwalk
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