From the archive: Edward & Mrs Simpson DVD review

Ever since Network DVD went into administration in 2023, I have made it my mission to pick up releases from their back catalogue wherever I see one that might appeal to me - for a sensible price of course. Generally speaking, I don’t like biopics. I’m not especially enamored with the Royal Family, and truthfully … Continue reading From the archive: Edward & Mrs Simpson DVD review

The amazing water features and mysterious disappearing lakes of South Wales

View from Eagles Nest, Chepstow. showing the river Wye and  in the distance, River Severn.   South Wales has perhaps the most unusual and mysterious water features anywhere in the world. In every surviving version of Historia Britannum there is a list presenting Wonders of the World. The list is not always the same in … Continue reading The amazing water features and mysterious disappearing lakes of South Wales