We say that time flies, and sometimes it drags…but there are times, as John Billingsley has found, that it just seems to slip out of place… Time Shifts? Isn’t it funny how time flies, sometimes? Not just when you’re enjoying yourself, necessarily, but also when it seems to have some agenda of its own. Then […]
Slip-Sliding Away: recollections of time-slips Read More »
Our series of self-guided walks continues with Taurus (Apr. 22-May.21 approx.). You will need the Ordnance Survey 1:25000 South Pennines map. Please note that routes and their condition were accurate at their time of survey, 2018-2020; updates may be made at later dates. Please be alert to any other Taurean quasi-affirmations as you walk!
Our series of self-guided walks continues with Aries (Mar. 22-Apr.21 approx.). You will need the Ordnance Survey 1:25000 South Pennines map. Please note that routes and their condition were accurate at their time of survey, 2018-2020; updates may be made at later dates. Please be alert to any other quasi-affirmations of Aries as you walk!
Our series of self-guided walks continues with Pisces (Feb. 22-March 21 approx.). You will need the Ordnance Survey 1:25000 South Pennines map. Please note that routes and their condition were accurate at their time of survey, 2018-2020; updates may be made at later dates. Please be alert to any other quasi-affirmations of Pisces as you
Pisces: The fishes Read More »
Our series of self-guided walks continues with Aquarius (Jan. 22-Feb.21 approx.). You will need the Ordnance Survey 1:25000 South Pennines map. Please note that routes and their condition were accurate at their time of survey, 2018-2020; updates may be made at later dates. Please be alert to any other quasi-affirmations of Aquarius the water-carrier as
AQUARIUS The Eagle Read More »
Tickets are now available for Gareth E Rees’ talk at Hebden Bridge Library (HX7 8EP) from 5pm on Saturday June 15th! (doors open 4.30). https://northernearth.co.uk/books/ and The Bookcase, Hebden Bridge Dreaming Valleys & Northern Earth are pleased to welcome author Gareth E Rees back to Hebden Bridge, to speak on and discuss his new
Event: Gareth E Rees, Sunken Lands. Tickets available Read More »
NE’s sister platform of Dreaming Valleys aims to have two-yearly all-day events, and subsidiary events in between. This June we will be hosting Gareth E Rees, speaker at the last DV conference in 2023, and author of Marshland, Unofficial Britain, Car Park Life: Britain’s Unexplored Wilderness and other books. His new book, Sunken Lands, is an exploration
Dreaming Valleys presents Gareth E Rees, Sunken Lands Read More »
Matters of succession *STOP PRESS! As of April 2024 editorial handover has been negotiated for later in the year. Please watch this space or the magazine for further details as available* In NE173 last September I issued an invitation to anyone who might like to take on the editorial role of NE. I was concerned
Editorial announcement: Matters of succession: STOP PRESS Read More »
Apotropaic or protective marks have featured in much recent historical research, in which NE editor John Billingsley has been active with co-founding the Hidden Charms conference and publishing his book Charming Calderdale, investigating protectives in his area of West Yorkshire. Here, he turns his attention to what happens when a mark loses its contemporary religious significance,
A sideways look at the apotropaic Marian mark. Read More »
Once a charm, now a design element; but John Billingsley considers if the crossed W has become a subconscious metaphor of its traditional symbolism? In NE165 we asked for readers’ impressions of two varieties of the letter W, and this article reports on our feedback as well as suggesting how the image aspect
The Marian Mark W: An afterlife, metaphorically Read More »