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Eponymous, better known as timdracup.com, contains long-form posts drafted by a real human being. Everything is free to read. I specialise in Dracup family history, British walking trails and literary book reviews. But you’ll also find writing about music, bereavement and much else besides.

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Thames Path: Maidenhead to Datchet

I had originally intended that our next leg of the Thames Path would take us from Maidenhead to Staines or Shepperton, with an overnight stop en route. But, owing to time pressures, we opted instead for a day trip, arriving at Maidenhead by mid-morning and progressing to Datchet, or possibly beyond. It was a bright,…

Underworld – Don DeLillo

Donald Richard DeLillo was born in November 1936 in New York City and grew up in the Bronx’s ‘Little Italy’. He graduated from a private Catholic high school and attended nearby Fordham University, emerging in 1958 with a degree in communications. While working as an advertising copywriter he began to publish occasional short stories, leaving…

Northern Lake District: HF Holidays, February 2026

Having spent the latter part of February 2025 at HF’s Monk Coniston country house in the Southern Lake District, we decided to repeat the experience in February 2026, this time further north. When booking in late November, we anticipated few problems, beyond the ever unpredictable Lakes weather, It was a bargain, too: we paid a…