Why Journal?

Why Journal?

Dear Reader, Welcome to my journal. I want to share with you why I have chosen to call this space a journal and a blog. It holds a deep significance for me and the purpose behind this platform. Why a Journal? A journal, in its essence, represents a sacred space of...
Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter

You may not realise it but Beatrix Potter was the JK Rowling of her day. When she died on 22 December 1943, aged 77, she left £211,636, a value of about £12,600,000 in today’s money. She also bequeathed over 4000 acres of land to the National Trust, worth about...
Dominic and The Lake District – Taken From Smiler

Dominic and The Lake District – Taken From Smiler

The Lake District has been a county that attracts poets, painters, writers and homegrown fox hunters that have songs written about them. For example, ‘D’ye Ken John Peel?’ about John Peel, a famous eighteenth-century Cumbrian huntsman. Like Dominic, Peel was from the...