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South Holland Shush
From Sutton St James to Fosdyke Bridge and back is a regular bike-outing for me: up to Long Sutton, through Lutton, up to Gedney Drove End, along to Dawsmere, then Holbeach St Matthew, Holbeach St Marks, Middle Marsh Road, and finally a neat little bike track beside the A17 to the Yacht Haven, where I…
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Don’t Be Frit
Rory Waterman, who leads the Lincolnshire Folk Tales Project, discusses what planted the seed.
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Breathing Life into Lost Things
Hollie, the author of (among other things) The Bleeding Tree: A Pathway Through Grief Guided by Forests, Folk Tales and the Ritual Year (Rider/Ebury, 2023), discusses the importance of Lincolnshire’s folk heritage to her writing.
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Anthology Spotlight: Fee Griffin
From the fishing heritage of Grimsby to the nutty notes of the haslet, Fee Griffin discusses her connection to Lincolnshire, her writing style, and her interest in folklore. Look out for Griffin’s unconventional contribution to the Lincolnshire Folk Tales Reimagined anthology.
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The Werewolf of Dogdyke – a poem
My uncle, Fred Shaw, was a close friend of the noted local archaeologist Ethel Rudkin when she surveyed Brickfields Farm in of East Keal back in the 1960s. She shared several old local legends, including some about mysterious animals seen in various locations. I was reminded of this when I wrote the attached poem.
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Anthology Spotlight: Robert Etty
In anticipation of the Lincolnshire Folk Tales Reimagined anthology, to be published with Five Leaves Publishing in early 2025, in which a plethora of exceptional Lincolnshire authors give the county’s folk tales a fresh spin, we’re asking these authors to reflect on the project. This time, we hear from poet Robert Etty.
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