Tag: blog
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NEW YEAR, NEW GOALS, January 2026
A new year brings a new beginning and new goals. My goals in 2025 were to: Read More, Write More, and Get Out There More. I’m satisfied I achieved these, and, so, I want to set some new goals for 2026. I will not be too hard on myself if I don’t achieve them as,…
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VICTORIAN URBAN LEGENDS: Spring-Heeled Jack, September 2025
For as long as I can remember I’ve been fascinated by urban legends and folklore. In fact, many years ago, I created a series of collages depicting the Bloody Mary legend for my A-Level art exhibition. Urban legends can tell us as much about ourselves and human nature as the fantastical creatures and yarns they’re…
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SUMMER SUMMARY, August 2025
Where I’m At I usually reserve writing updates for the monthly Gaslight Gazette newsletter, but as we’re already into the eighth month of the year I thought it would be nice to summarise everything here. At the beginning of 2025 I set myself three personal goals: 1) Read more, 2) Get out more and 3)…
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THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS, December 2024
It’s almost the end of 2024 and, like many others reading this, I can’t quite comprehend where the last eleven months have gone. In January’s blog, I set out the goals I wanted to achieve this year. Therefore, I thought it would be nice to end the year with a look back on those goals…
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GETTING SHIPWRECKED, February 2024
C19th Phrases for Drinking & Drunkenness February may be the month of pancakes and love for some, but for others it marks the end of Dry January and a return to celebrating (almost) anything with a tipple or two (it’s Friday!) Most of us know drunkenness was a major social problem in the nineteenth century.…
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NEW YEAR, NEW GOALS, January 2024
A Few Words from T.G. Campbell 2023 was an incredibly difficult year for me for many reasons. Somehow, I managed to write and publish the sixth volume of the Bow Street Society Casebook, The Case of the Scream in the Smog & Other Stories. I’m very proud of this instalment as I put a lot of…