ONCE upon a time, the River Thames was a working river. The docks thrived. The Ports of London was a hive of imports, business and skullduggery. No part of London has changed more than the docks. In the late 1930s, London Docks was the busiest port in the world. Forty years late, the docks were a … Continue reading "Mud, Flood And Blood: Photos Of London’s River Thames 1895-2000"
ONCE upon a time, the River Thames was a working river. The docks thrived. The Ports of London was a hive of imports, business and skullduggery. No part of London has changed more than the docks. In the late 1930s, London Docks was the busiest port in the world. Forty years late, the docks were a … Continue reading "Mud, Flood And Blood: Photos Of London’s River Thames 1895-2000"
From the instant #1 New York Times bestselling author of the “eerie and fascinating” (USA TODAY) The Thirteenth Tale comes a “swift and entrancing, profound and beautiful” (Madeline Miller, internationally bestselling author of Circe) novel about how we explain the world to ourselves, ourselves to others, and the meaning of our lives in a universe that remains impenetrably mysterious. On a dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, an extraordinary event takes place. The regulars are telling stories to while away the dark hours, when the door bursts open on a grievously wounded stranger. In his arms is the lifeless body of a small child. Hours later, the girl stirs, takes a breath and returns to life. Is it a miracle? Is it magic? Or can science provide an explanation? These questions have many answers, some of them quite dark indeed. Those who dwell on the river bank apply all their ingenuity to solving the puzzle of the girl who died and lived again, yet as the days pass the mystery only deepens. The child herself is mute and unable to answer the essential questions: Who is she? Where did she come from? And to whom does she belong? But answers proliferate nonetheless. Three families are keen to claim her. A wealthy young mother knows the girl is her kidnapped daughter, missing for two years. A farming family reeling from the discovery of their son’s secret liaison stand ready to welcome their granddaughter. The parson’s housekeeper, humble and isolated, sees in the child the image of her younger sister. But the return of a lost child is not without complications and no matter how heartbreaking the past losses, no matter how precious the child herself, this girl cannot be everyone’s. Each family has mysteries of its own, and many secrets must be revealed before the girl’s identity can be known. Once Upon a River is a glorious tapestry of a book that combines folklore and science, magic and myth. Suspenseful, romantic, and richly atmospheric, this is “a beguiling tale, full of twists and turns like the river at its heart, and just as rich and intriguing” (M.L. Stedman, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Light Between Oceans).
Diane Setterfield’s Once Upon a River: A Novel came out in 2018, but as I began to float through its pages, it felt very Victorian in style. Appropriate for its nineteenth-century setting, Setterfield populates her lyrical narrative with characters who embody archetypal roles: good or ev
About The Book A dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the Thames. The regulars are entertaining themselves by telling stories when the door bursts open on an injured stranger. In his arms is…
ONCE upon a time, the River Thames was a working river. The docks thrived. The Ports of London was a hive of imports, business and skullduggery. No part of London has changed more than the docks. In the late 1930s, London Docks was the busiest port in the world. Forty years late, the docks were a … Continue reading "Mud, Flood And Blood: Photos Of London’s River Thames 1895-2000"
ONCE upon a time, the River Thames was a working river. The docks thrived. The Ports of London was a hive of imports, business and skullduggery. No part of London has changed more than the docks. In the late 1930s, London Docks was the busiest port in the world. Forty years late, the docks were a … Continue reading "Mud, Flood And Blood: Photos Of London’s River Thames 1895-2000"
Book set along the River Thames, Diane Setterfield. The new novel takes the reader through the various villages and inns along the River Thames to where the stories are told. Diane invited The BookTrail to the locations in her novel and showed us more magic of the river.
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ONCE upon a time, the River Thames was a working river. The docks thrived. The Ports of London was a hive of imports, business and skullduggery. No part of London has changed more than the docks. In the late 1930s, London Docks was the busiest port in the world. Forty years late, the docks were a … Continue reading "Mud, Flood And Blood: Photos Of London’s River Thames 1895-2000"
ONCE upon a time, the River Thames was a working river. The docks thrived. The Ports of London was a hive of imports, business and skullduggery. No part of London has changed more than the docks. In the late 1930s, London Docks was the busiest port in the world. Forty years late, the docks were a … Continue reading "Mud, Flood And Blood: Photos Of London’s River Thames 1895-2000"
ONCE upon a time, the River Thames was a working river. The docks thrived. The Ports of London was a hive of imports, business and skullduggery. No part of London has changed more than the docks. In the late 1930s, London Docks was the busiest port in the world. Forty years late, the docks were a … Continue reading "Mud, Flood And Blood: Photos Of London’s River Thames 1895-2000"
ONCE upon a time, the River Thames was a working river. The docks thrived. The Ports of London was a hive of imports, business and skullduggery. No part of London has changed more than the docks. In the late 1930s, London Docks was the busiest port in the world. Forty years late, the docks were a … Continue reading "Mud, Flood And Blood: Photos Of London’s River Thames 1895-2000"
ONCE upon a time, the River Thames was a working river. The docks thrived. The Ports of London was a hive of imports, business and skullduggery. No part of London has changed more than the docks. In the late 1930s, London Docks was the busiest port in the world. Forty years late, the docks were a … Continue reading "Mud, Flood And Blood: Photos Of London’s River Thames 1895-2000"
ONCE upon a time, the River Thames was a working river. The docks thrived. The Ports of London was a hive of imports, business and skullduggery. No part of London has changed more than the docks. In the late 1930s, London Docks was the busiest port in the world. Forty years late, the docks were a … Continue reading "Mud, Flood And Blood: Photos Of London’s River Thames 1895-2000"
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ONCE upon a time, the River Thames was a working river. The docks thrived. The Ports of London was a hive of imports, business and skullduggery. No part of London has changed more than the docks. In the late 1930s, London Docks was the busiest port in the world. Forty years late, the docks were a … Continue reading "Mud, Flood And Blood: Photos Of London’s River Thames 1895-2000"
ONCE upon a time, the River Thames was a working river. The docks thrived. The Ports of London was a hive of imports, business and skullduggery. No part of London has changed more than the docks. In the late 1930s, London Docks was the busiest port in the world. Forty years late, the docks were a … Continue reading "Mud, Flood And Blood: Photos Of London’s River Thames 1895-2000"
It was Slim Aarons who perfected the environmental portrait while photographing the international elite in their exclusive playgrounds during the postwar heyday of the jet-set. His self-described mission: to document attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places. This book is the ultimate insider's view of the lifestyles of the wealthy, privileged, and powerful.
ONCE upon a time, the River Thames was a working river. The docks thrived. The Ports of London was a hive of imports, business and skullduggery. No part of London has changed more than the docks. In the late 1930s, London Docks was the busiest port in the world. Forty years late, the docks were a … Continue reading "Mud, Flood And Blood: Photos Of London’s River Thames 1895-2000"
ONCE upon a time, the River Thames was a working river. The docks thrived. The Ports of London was a hive of imports, business and skullduggery. No part of London has changed more than the docks. In the late 1930s, London Docks was the busiest port in the world. Forty years late, the docks were a … Continue reading "Mud, Flood And Blood: Photos Of London’s River Thames 1895-2000"
A dark night, a riverside inn, a lost child … steeped in folklore, this novel from the author of The Thirteenth Tale is a paean to the Thames
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ONCE upon a time, the River Thames was a working river. The docks thrived. The Ports of London was a hive of imports, business and skullduggery. No part of London has changed more than the docks. In the late 1930s, London Docks was the busiest port in the world. Forty years late, the docks were a … Continue reading "Mud, Flood And Blood: Photos Of London’s River Thames 1895-2000"
ONCE upon a time, the River Thames was a working river. The docks thrived. The Ports of London was a hive of imports, business and skullduggery. No part of London has changed more than the docks. In the late 1930s, London Docks was the busiest port in the world. Forty years late, the docks were a … Continue reading "Mud, Flood And Blood: Photos Of London’s River Thames 1895-2000"
ONCE upon a time, the River Thames was a working river. The docks thrived. The Ports of London was a hive of imports, business and skullduggery. No part of London has changed more than the docks. In the late 1930s, London Docks was the busiest port in the world. Forty years late, the docks were a … Continue reading "Mud, Flood And Blood: Photos Of London’s River Thames 1895-2000"
ABOUT THE ARTWORK Acrylic on wood panel 10.75" x 8.75" March 24, 2021. Future tense, glitch in the cerebral manifest, future technologies, Offworld installations, Shinjuku neon, hallucinogenic image scans, organic prototypes, covert/stealth space exploration both inner and outer. My recent paintings are an extension and expansion into my own exploration of unseen worlds, both imagined and real. These could be story boards for motion pictures yet to be made or projections of future events. Signed and dated by the Artist on the reverse side. This painting does not require a frame. Original Created: 2021 Subjects: Architecture Materials: Wood Styles: Abstract, Abstract Expressionism, Modern Mediums: Acrylic DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS Painting: Acrylic on Wood Original: One-of-a-kind Artwork Size: 8.8 W x 10.8 H x 0.8 D in Frame: Not Framed Ready to Hang: Not applicable Packaging: Ships in a Box
ONCE upon a time, the River Thames was a working river. The docks thrived. The Ports of London was a hive of imports, business and skullduggery. No part of London has changed more than the docks. In the late 1930s, London Docks was the busiest port in the world. Forty years late, the docks were a … Continue reading "Mud, Flood And Blood: Photos Of London’s River Thames 1895-2000"
“FIND OUT WHAT LOVE IS” beckoned a sign on London’s South Bank, along the Thames. Naturally, I couldn’t resist the invitation, but the building was closed for the night, & I was leaving London the following morning, so I’d have to find out for myself the secret to love. My lovely niece, Natty, & her boyfriend had taken me for a walking tour of downtown London at night. It was two days before I boarded the MV Explorer in Southampton. We wandered around the South Bank & discovered the invitation to love was a summer event consisting of art installations, romantic black & white Hollywood movies, rides, activities, & even outdoor furniture designed to bring people closer together. The goal was to explore love—not just romantic love, but the more sophisticated, complex, subtle ways the ancient Greeks viewed love. At least six kinds, each offering us food for thought: 1. Eros. Sexual passion. Not seen as totally positive, but more as an uncontrollable force that can lead to danger & madness. 2. Philia. Deep friendship. Loyalty, camaraderie—this kind of love was valued more highly than eros, & considered more trustworthy. I’m not sure how the ancient Greeks would have viewed Facebook friends! 3. Ludus. Playful love. The joyful exuberance of children & young lovers. A sweet innocence we should strive to recreate in our lives. 4. Agape. Selfless love. Love for all humanity. Perhaps the highest form of love. It was translated into Latin as “caritas,” which later became our: charity. The concept of lovingkindness & compassion to all. 5. Pragma. Longstanding love. The mature love of couples who have been together a long time & who have withstood trials, sufferings & joys … & managed to stay standing. A beautiful idea that our culture doesn’t value enough. 6. Philautia. Love of the self. This is a tricky one because it can be split in two: 1) overwhelming love of the self that leads to narcissism, constant “selfies,” & putting oneself first at all times; & 2) a necessary, important self-awareness & tenderness to one’s self. We can’t care about others until we learn to care about ourselves. All this recreated on the South Bank! As we explored, it struck me that I’d found the underlying theme for this voyage, & for my travel blog: to travel by sea the way the ancient Greeks did, to seek out fellow & sister humans, & in the words of E.M. Forster, “Only to connect.”
At winter solstice near a weathered pub beside the Thames river, a man washes up, banged-up and nearly dead, with a very young girl, as lifeless as a mannequin. Until she wakes up. Full of town secrets, and old legends, "Once Upon a River" is about a place where miracles and myth follow the river.
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