Yesterday I went to see Argowith a friend. For those who don’t know it, Argo is based on the true story of how six Americans were rescued from a safe house in Tehran at the […]
Just outside the city walls around the Minster is an area of mostly 19th-century brick terraces that is now known as the Groves. In earlier times, this area was known as Paynleys (or Paynelathes) Crofts. […]
The blog has been ignored all week while I’ve been rewriting The Memory of Midnight, an intensive process that I hadn’t quite counted on when I came to the end of my draft the weekend before […]
Just over a week until 31st October. This year the date is doubly scary for me; it’s the deadline for me to hand in my WIP (working title The Memory of Midnight) and I have […]
Off the south aisle of the choir in York Minster is an old wooden door. It leads down steps into the Zouche Chapel, a quiet place reserved for private prayer. The chapel itself is small […]
Just inside Monk Bar is a small lane leading under an arch. Today it is called Monk Bar Court, but in the 16th century it was known as Elbow Lane. All householders in the city […]
I was amused to read recently a story on the BBC about a dog accidentally shooting its master (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19630411). Coincidentally, I had just been looking through the Calendar of Assize Records for Kent in the […]
Deconsecrated now, Holy Trinity Goodramgate is one of the most interesting medieval churches in York. Tucked away behind Lady Row, in a hidden angle between Petergate and Goodramgate, it is easy to miss the entrance. […]
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