Matt Gilbert

@RichlyEvocative

Poetry dabbling, place pondering, musically promiscuous, book loving copywriter. Likely to moan & rail at the unfairness & absurdity of life.

London via Bristol
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Joined December 2010
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    27 Nov 2016

    One of those inbetween kind of places...

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  2. Feb 7

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    Feb 6

    I'll be chatting about soon on a if you have any points/questions you would like made/answered, leave a comment, please ⬇️

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  4. Feb 7

    'You have no authority here'- "Many of us will, at some time in our lives, have wondered how men like Yoshiro Mori and Brian Tolver, Chair of Handsforth Parish Council, came to be such prize asses." via

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  5. Feb 4

    "The wind is a true Berliner; whenever it meets you in the street, it charges rudely past, convinced its destination is more important than yours. It whips through the city, hostile as a cocked pistol, barging through doors with the cold tucked under one arm." Oof.

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  6. Feb 4

    Just raced through this in a sitting, rapt - though like a poem it really should be savoured. Rich and taught and broad and sad and wise, harrowing and happy and often beautiful in thought and breathtaking line. Thanks

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    Feb 4

    An early feature on 's Buried Gods Metal Prophets up on . With a bit more context and some pages from the book, take a look:

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    Feb 4

    The book ‘Goblin Tales of Lancashire’ - by James Bowker

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    Feb 4

    Ammonite fossils from River Gandaki in Nepal are seen as Shaligrama, a form of Vishnu-Krishna, and worshipped by Hindus as such. Smoothened rocks from riverbed of Narmada in India are seen as symbols of Shiva and worshipped as Shiva-linga (mark of Shiva).

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    Jan 28

    18thC , waggoners & rural workers wore a round smock or smock-frock; a garment made of or linen, falling to mid-calf or thigh; sleeves, back & breast folded into pleats & embroidered in a honeycomb pattern

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    Feb 4

    An East Anglian folktale shows you should never mess with bees! One day a knight tried to kidnap a young farm girl. In desperation she whispered to her bees, begging for their help. They swarmed around the knight and drove him away from their grateful mistress.

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    Feb 2

    Fantastic news! Sydenham Hill Wood: Cox's Walk Oaks saved! | Norwood Forum

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    Feb 4

    My favourite Japanese folktale is 'The Boy Who Drew Cats,' first translated into English by Lafcadio Hearn.

    'The Boy Who Drew Cats' is my favourite Japanese fairytale. It's about a young boy who loved drawing cats so much that he drew them everywhere. He initially got into trouble, but later in the story his hobby was to pay off against an unexpected villain. 1/3
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    Feb 4

    What size is a Fairy? They meet you at the door and invite you in. But then off goes the Fairy on the back of a cat! Sudden change in size there, love this movement of fact and fiction

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    Feb 4

    On a lonely path stands the "Witchers Tree". Twisted and gnarled, golden and hanging ivy. Guarding the entrance to the . A crow caws, a woodpecker drums. Wander into the if you dare, never look back.

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    Feb 4

    The thousands of menhirs in the alignments of Menec, Kermario and Kerzerho were divisions of a Roman army which was chasing St Cornely. When he was in danger of being cornered by the sea the soldiers were miraculously turned to stone.

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  17. Feb 4

    When I was little, reading of witches & goblins via Ruth Manning Saunders ‘Books Of...’ folklore always seemed to happen somewhere else, but not Stanton Drew just a few miles outside Bristol and therefore all the more magical & tangible.

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  18. Feb 4

    Stanton Drew’s most famous tale is that the stones are petrified wedding guests, punished for dancing on the sabbath. I always preferred the one about the stones shuffling down to the river Chew like thirsty rock cows, to take a drink at midnight on a full moon

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    Feb 4

    All the birdsong is here. Still.

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  20. Feb 4

    Here’s some more recent pics -

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  21. Feb 4

    As a kid West Norwood would be the last place I’d have thought to look for peregrines (mostly cos I’d never heard of it). But up in the bell tower of St Luke’s there they are. Finally today I saw one. If you think Nah that blurred shot’s a pigeon, see link

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