Wendy Fraser: 7 books

I have frequently been at meets or supporters events (including balls) that have, at some point during proceedings, included a song or two, so I was delighted to be asked to review a copy of Hunting Songs Volume One: The Lakeland Fell Packs. This collection of songs from a number of packs across the...

Ron Black, the author, says, "I am a native Lakelander with roots going back to 1700, the 4th generation to follow hounds, with ancestors who stood on the cold tops at dawn, moved the heavy lakeland stone to free trapped terriers and also 'carried the horn' on occasions. Hunting will not come...

This study and revision aid was originally designed and developed as an interactive computer program for 2nd and final year undergraduates reading Italian Literature and Language and has been used in the Language Lab at the University of Kent, Canterbury (UK). It can be found at my website (www.wendyfraser.com),...

In February 2005, shortly before the “ban” came in, I sat on a cold sunlit fell-side with my son. We sat waiting, trying to keep warm in the cutting wind. “Soon this will be gone,” I said, “and personally I don’t think it will come back.” He looked at me. “Maybe you’re right,”...

Anyone with a love of hunting will find “Bowman”, Ron Black’s fascinating book about Joe Bowman, the legendary Huntsman of the Ullswater Foxhounds, an essential edition to their library. The Ullswater was formed in 1793 from the amalgamation of the Matterdale and Patterdale Hunts and six years...

Des triplés au Safe Harbor, Jacqueline Diamond Lorsque Samantha, pédiatre au Safe Harbor Medical Center, adopte des triplés, elle a bien du mal à s’en sortir... Et la proposition du Dr Rayburn de lui venir en aide ne fait qu’ajouter à son désarroi. Car si Mark est un homme efficace,...

The postwar years in the UK saw the development of numerous artificial playgrounds intended to compensate children for increasing urbanization and a lack of wild places to play. Many of these sites employed playleaders, whose job was to use play to instill social behavioral norms on children, using...