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The Priest Who Loved Fossils

How Hastings inspired Teilhard de Chardin in his spiritual quest

Posted byJohn Bostock13th Jul 202129th Aug 2021Posted inTales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Evolution, Fossils, Hastings, Jesuits, Piltdown manLeave a comment on The Priest Who Loved Fossils

Tunnel Vision – The Genius of Marc Brunel

The Extraordinary life of Marc Brunel and the construction of the Thames Tunnel

Posted byJohn Bostock11th Jun 202111th Jun 2021Posted inArchitecture and EngineeringTags:Brunel, Civil Engineering, London, River Thames, Victorian4 Comments on Tunnel Vision – The Genius of Marc Brunel

A Rebel in the Family

The life of Lewis Valentine, Welsh Patriot and Pacifist

Posted byJohn Bostock14th May 202128th Sep 2021Posted inGenealogyTags:Genealogy, Lewis Valentine, Pacifism, Plaid Cymru, Wales2 Comments on A Rebel in the Family

Sacrifice in a Bog

The story of Tollund Man and the Bog bodies of Denmark

Posted byJohn Bostock13th Apr 20213rd May 2021Posted inArcheologyTags:Asger Jorn, Bog People, Ceramics, CoBrA, Iron age, Tollund Man1 Comment on Sacrifice in a Bog

Leftovers – The Art of Tal R

The World of the Danish artist Tal R and his 2019 Exhibition in Hastings Contemporary

Posted byJohn Bostock3rd Mar 20213rd Mar 2021Posted inArt and ArtistsTags:Art, Denmark, Hastings Contemporary, Tal RLeave a comment on Leftovers – The Art of Tal R

My Family and Nottingham Lace

A pilgrimage back into my Father’s Family and Nottingham Lace

Posted byJohn Bostock13th Feb 20213rd May 2021Posted inGenealogyTags:Bostock Family, Genealogy, Lace Industry, Nottingham, Radford, Trowell4 Comments on My Family and Nottingham Lace

Ritual and the Mundane

Resilience and Survival in the Time of Pandemic

Posted byJohn Bostock12th Jan 20218th Jan 2022Posted inUncategorized1 Comment on Ritual and the Mundane

The Town that loves to Party

A celebration of the festivals of my adopted town and its ‘Joie de Vivre’

Posted byJohn Bostock21st Dec 202017th Jul 2021Posted inTales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Bonfire Society, Festival, Hastings, Jack in the Green, Pirates Day1 Comment on The Town that loves to Party

Pandemic Blues

Blues Music in the early 20th century and how it dealt with Disease and pandemics

Posted byJohn Bostock20th Nov 202019th Feb 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags:blues-, disease, PandemicLeave a comment on Pandemic Blues

A Jewel in Rural Kent

A hidden Chagall masterpiece in rural Kent

Posted byJohn Bostock18th Nov 202019th Feb 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags:Chagall, Stained glassLeave a comment on A Jewel in Rural Kent

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