By Les Phipps – Business Development Manager Halloween, All Hallow’s Eve or All Saints Eve, conjures images of demons, ghosts and evil-beings but is actually dedicated to remembering the dead including saints and martyrs and is a recognised Western Christian festival. Church services and lighting candles on the graves of the dead still take place […]
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The Battle of Hastings | 950 years
By Sarah Pont – Group Retention Manager “Where is it you’re from?” “Battle” “Sorry – where?” “Battle – as in ‘The Battle of Hastings’?’” “Oh of course” This is a conversation that residents of Battle, East Sussex will be all-too familiar with… I grew up in a village in Battle and whilst I don’t claim […]
Children’s Fiction – The Illustrators
There is something very beautiful and endearing about a children’s storybook. In some cases the illustrations are as memorable and as loved as the stories they’re depicting. Here at World of Rare Books we’re very lucky that we get to see lots of these books pass through on a weekly basis. Trouble is they do […]