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November 2021
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Rebecca West was the pseudonym adopted by Cicely Isabel Fairfield (1892-1983). She was the youngest of three daughters born to Charles Fairfield (1841-1906), an Anglo-Irish journalist and author, and Isabella Campbell Mackenzie (1854-1921), a Scotswoman, who, prior to marriage, had been a concert pianist. Fairfield had a colourful past. He had served in the Rifle…
Our last walking holiday in the Cinque Terre was chosen by Tracy, so it was my choice this time round. I selected Norway’s Lofoten Islands, also with HF Holidays. We booked their penultimate trip of the season, from 26 August to 2 September. While the UK endured successive heatwaves, summer in northern Norway had been…
Since I’m heading imminently to Norway, it seemed appropriate to read a seminal work by a Norwegian author. This was my second encounter with Hamsun, having completed his early, semi-autobiographical novel ‘Hunger’ (1890) some 20 to 30 years ago. Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) was originally Knud Pederson, born into comparative poverty in central Norway. Knud’s father…
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