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A stranger at Green Knowe
From the train’s misted windows we see fields still covered with snow, rooks perching on skeletal trees, the wide sky clouded grey. It’s noticeably colder than London as we leave the train at Huntingdon; coats and scarves are wrapped tighter as we scan the map looking for the quickest route to the bus station. Failing [...]
Quis est iste qui venit?
I’ve just returned from seeing the Nunkie Theatre Company’s production of M.R. James’ Oh Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad and The Ash Tree at the Barons Court Theatre — a charming tiny theatre in the basement of the The Curtain’s Up pub.
The two stories are related by RM Lloyd Parry, in full [...]