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I recently rediscovered a photograph of a group of friends and me, taken in 1968, when I was in the Upper Sixth at King Edward VI School in Totnes, Devon. It's a wonderful reminder of school days, old friendships, and memories that have stayed with me for more than half a century. I'm the chap hiding in the shadows, looking down behind the pointing finger. As the saying goes, "The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on" - or words to that effect! The chap on my left is Alan Hill, an...

I have recently started volunteering every Tuesday morning at Totnes Museum, a fascinating historic building tucked away on Fore Street in the heart of Totnes, Devon. The museum is housed in a beautiful Elizabethan merchant's house, one of the town's oldest surviving buildings. Steeped in centuries of history, it's no surprise that the building has earned a reputation for being haunted. Whether you're interested in local history, Tudor architecture, or ghost stories, Totnes Museum is well...

For more than twenty years, I have balanced two great writing passions: biography and ghost stories. I am currently researching and writing my second book about my grandfather, the oldest man to escape from Stalag Luft III during the famous Great Escape of 25 March 1944. More than eight decades later, I am still visiting the places he travelled through, uncovering new photographs, and discovering remarkable details about his life and wartime experiences. The working title of the book is...