Lyn Looks Around

30/10/2024

This amazing photo was taken by Axel Satge at Buckingham Fireside on 28 October where I was telling the story of the 'Boy Who Catches Fear!' He was the event producer. Thank you Axel for the fantastic picture and success to everything else you do!!

30/09/2024

Remember this!

Members you may be interested in a talk being held at All Saints Church on Alice de la Pole. She held the Manor of Leighton Buzzard from 1415 until her death in 1475, gave All Saints its magnificent Angel Roof in the 1460s, and probably also the recently restored town's Market Cross. But she owned land from Norfolk to the Cotswolds as well, and came close to securing the English throne for her son. Come along to find out more about this remarkable woman and her turbulent life.

12/09/2024

Cool.

Scientists are starting to uncover the genetic basis of the Bajau people’s incredible breath-holding abilities.

23/06/2024

Coming Tuesday; a memory of two interesting men.

St. Martin's of Fenny Stratford

23/06/2024

A place for quiet contemplation

St Thomas of Simpson, in north Buckinghamshire

15/06/2024

I like this way of thinking.

For Māori conservationist Mere Takoko, “losing one whale is like losing an ancestor.” The animals “taught our people about navigation across the Pacific, particularly across the Milky Way… And this is information that was given to our ancestors.”

14/06/2024

A bit of hope?

The plastic-digesting capabilities of the fungus Parengyodontium album could be harnessed to degrade polyethylene, the most abundant type of plastic in the ocean

29/05/2024

His contemporaries thought him odd and at the end of his life he was often mistaken for a beggar. These days, Fenny Stratford remembers him annually with a six-canon salute.

St Martin's Church in Fenny Stratford

28/05/2024

Tune in and enjoy a trio of old folktales tonight at 10 pm on Leighton Buzz Radio's 'Tales from the Shadows'.
A large cat gives the local sexton a perplexing message. Does anyone know Tom Tildrum?
Rowli Pugh's luck is about to change. But can he and his wife curb their curiosity about the source of their good fortune?
And a young boy who loves reading learns more than you might expect from his master's library.

16/05/2024

And a great many skeletons ...

St. Guthlac's Church of Passenham, Northamptonshire

15/05/2024

A church known for it's ghosts and the number of skeletons that keep popping up ...

St. Guthlac's Church of Passenham, Northamptonshire