Harry Nicholson's Blog: 1513fusion, page 14

A Splendid Salmagundi

‘A Splendid Salmagundi’ is just out – an eBook anthology. I’ve a short story and a poem in it. See: http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Splendid-Sa...

The Tattooed Truck

My son, Douglas, is a pyrotechnic artist (he does grand firework shows). Here’s the new tender he’s designed and built: See more at: http://www.externalcombustion.com/ind...

The Eildon Tree

The Eildon Tree, an arts magazine of the Scottish Borders, has published a review of my novel, ‘Tom Fleck’. I’m thrilled and quite overcome. Here it is: ‘TOM FLECK’ A NOVEL OF CLEVELAND AND FLODDEN Harry Nicholson Historical Novel 2011 … Continue reading →

Do you have the time?

Meanwhile the geese are going south – faint cries high in the sky.

Northumberlandia

We were at the public opening of Northumberlandia on Wednesday. Eyes wide open and reclining on her back, just next to the Shotton opencast coal mine (near Cramlington, Northumberland), she is a giantess made from 1.5 million tonnes of rock, … Continue reading →

Lythe Church and Viking hogsback tombstones.

Just north of Whitby, quite close to where I live, is a little church. It stands on the site of an ancient church that might even predate St. Hilda’s Christian settlement now occupied by Whitby Abbey. It has taken me … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking

One day the sheep will go back to the crag, the ox to the forest and the boar to the oak-wood, no more shrieks of anguish from the dark, packed sheds that squat like Sobibors in English fields. Note: Sobibor … Continue reading →

Whitby, a day after the Olympics.

After watching, from our sofa, all that splendid Olympic energy – we went for a stroll.

‘Sari Caste’ and other things.

It’s been quiet here. I’ve been going through the text of ‘Tom Fleck’ again to prepare the novel for republication through Amazon’s CreateSpace service. It’s an opportunity to root out the odd misplaced comma and other minor matters. Also, a … Continue reading →

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