Tag Archives: County Durham

Remember, remember…

Posted on October 24, 2020 by hcannam

Memories are getting shorter, I guess. Halloween has taken over our British celebration of Bonfire Night, the one I remember from childhood, when after dark on November 5 we lit bonfires in our back gardens (I can still smell and … Continue reading →

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Changing climate?

Posted on September 23, 2019 by hcannam

‘Blackberry week’ this year begins on October 28—that’s the starting date of the schools’ half term holiday in our part of north east England. I guess when it was first given that name it was because it roughly coincided with … Continue reading →

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Holiday reading?

Posted on July 21, 2017 by hcannam

If you’ve not yet read ‘Family Business’ or its sequel ‘Queen of the Road’, they’re currently available in the Kindle store for a mere 99p each!    

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Kynren

Posted on August 30, 2016 by hcannam

Spectacular is not the word—or rather it has to be, because there’s no other word that comes near to describing the Kynren project. Amazing? Dazzling? Breathtaking…? Insane—? For who in their right mind would think of setting up a series … Continue reading →

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New paperback!

Posted on August 26, 2016 by hcannam

‘A Scent of Roses’ is now out in paperback. It’s the first of my novels never to have been in a print book before, and the only novel for which I’ve done all the publishing, first as an ebook and … Continue reading →

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Binchester latest!

Posted on September 23, 2014 by hcannam

Very good news today – the Church Commissioners have agreed to sell the Binchester site to the Auckland Castle Trust!

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The Auckland Experience?

Posted on September 3, 2014 by hcannam

‘I think the man who took over Auckland Castle should take over Binchester too. It’s the obvious thing.’ So said my husband, when we went to see the latest excavations at the Roman site of Vinovia, and realised that its … Continue reading →

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The Pompeii of the North?

Posted on August 19, 2014 by hcannam

I visited a Roman fort the other day – or rather, WE visited a Roman fort, though my husband is no enthusiast for Roman remains. He has no historical imagination and they just look like meaningless heaps of stones to … Continue reading →

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