The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • Book review: ‘Scotland’s Merlin’ by Tim Clarkson

    July 14, 2016 /

    “And in the battle of Arfderydd my torc was of gold…” From ‘Yr Afallennau’ (‘The Apples’), a poem in the Black Book of Carmarthen I don’t know about you, but when somebody mentions the name ‘Merlin’, an image of a bearded sorcerer pops straight into my mind, quickly followed by King Arthur and several valiant Knights of the Round Table.   Add a couple of fire-breathing dragons, a gleaming but inaccessible sword, and a darkly beautiful villainess, and by this time I’m probably thinking about re-watching the excellent TV series starring Colin Morgan in the title role. I have always been interested in the theories about the origins of Merlin, the…

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  • Book review: ‘Strathclyde and the Anglo-Saxons in the Viking Age’ by Tim Clarkson

    January 23, 2015 /

    This fascinating new book by Tim Clarkson, an expert on early medieval Scotland, throws some light on the little-known Kingdom of Strathclyde

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  • St Andrew’s Auld Kirk, North Berwick

    December 9, 2014 /

    I'm fast discovering that North Berwick is a town with a long history - and some of it is hidden in full view! Take, for example, this bijou whitewashed building on the sea front...

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    Out 14th September

    "To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature."

    Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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