Category Archives: Duxhurst – Surrey’s Lost Village

Posted on March 8, 2016 by rosblack

CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Every day I seem to discover a new heroine – a woman who was prepared to break the mould of subservient womanhood. As my particular interest lies in the mid/late Victorian period, most of my heroines  … Continue reading →

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Lady Henry Somerset-inspired short historical romance in My Weekly magazine

Posted on June 22, 2012 by rosblack

Researching and writing the amazing life and work of Lady Henry Somerset has inspired me to do many things – not least of which was writing a short story entitled “Love Amongst the Lavender”, which has been published this week … Continue reading →

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Creativity is a state of mind

Posted on June 20, 2012 by rosblack

Creating something of beauty, or something better than you imagined yourself capable of creating, is extremely uplifting. I speak from personal experience here, having recently started art classes with The Seasons Art Class. I dropped art at school when just … Continue reading →

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Talent4humanity becomes rosblackcreative

Posted on May 3, 2012 by rosblack

Please don’t rush away if you typed in http://www.talent4humanity.com and this site came up. It is one and the same but I have retitled my blog to avoid confusion with another website. All the Lady Henry Somerset and Duxhurst village … Continue reading →

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Talks in 2012

Posted on February 22, 2012 by rosblack

I enjoy giving talks about Lady Henry Somerset and her work, so if you belong to a group which is looking for speakers, please get in touch. Some forthcoming talks include: Saturday 25th February 2.30pm at Reigate Priory Museum Society, … Continue reading →

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TODAY’S PROBLEMS WITH DRINK AND DRUG ABUSE ARE NOT NEW

Posted on August 2, 2011 by rosblack

With the recent death of Amy Winehouse and the acknowledgement (somewhat belatedly) that liver problems amongst the 20 and 30 year olds are on the increase, we must ask ourselves whether society has really learnt anything over the last 120 … Continue reading →

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