Kit Ward
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Wessex, Mercia, and the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect
In a speech given in 2002, Michael Crichton, of Jurassic Park fame, coined the term, ‘Gell-Mann Amnesia effect’. Continue reading
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La Goulue: rags to riches to rags
Of the books I’ve read to glean some historical background for my Calypso Bergere Mysteries series, my favourite is Janet Flanner’s Paris Was Yesterday, 1925–1939. Continue reading
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Hello world
One of the simple pleasures of having your own website is seeing which countries in the world its visitors come from. My These Islands site reached its fifth birthday this year but it still amazes me to see the global reach of what is really an obscure personal project. Continue reading
About Me
Writer. Londoner. Wayfarer on the rolling English road.