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The Cracker Factory by Joyce Rebeta-Burditt

Posted on 17/03/2026 by Bobby Seal

Book Review – March 2026 Do you know what it’s like to feel wrong twenty-four hours a day? Do you know what it’s like to be disapproved of, not only for what you do and say and think but for … Continue reading →

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A Cage of Shadows by Archie Hill

Posted on 14/03/2019 by Bobby Seal

It’s the men of the Black Country who ever held me in bond, the native born. Between them, in a sort of composite form, they provided me with a substitute father. The simplicity of them, the strength, and sincerity. And … Continue reading →

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The Second Meadow: A Healing Landscape

Posted on 18/06/2014 by Bobby Seal

To bring the dead to life Is no great magic. Few are wholly dead: Blow on a dead man’s embers And a live flame will start… Robert Graves, To Bring the Dead to Life Archie Hill was born in rural … Continue reading →

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