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The Subtle Beauty of Suffolk
A flat, friendly, largely rural workaday county northeast of London on the North Sea
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Blair Mastbaum

August 2022

A Country Pub Life
Cozy day drinking is part of the English heritage
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Blair Mastbaum

July 2022

In Scotland, a Deep Fear of Wolves Persists, but the Highlands Need this Predator
We still fear the wolf
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Blair Mastbaum
The Delightful Footpaths of Suffolk
An ancient English trail system that allows long distance walking off road
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The Enormous, Ancient American Ritual City that Nearly No One’s Ever Heard of
A site of America's mostly forgotten Archaic legacy
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Blair Mastbaum

June 2022

The Forgotten Plague Stones of England
Liminal gathering places were created out of necessity for plague sufferers
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Blair Mastbaum
The Canadian First Nations Tribe that Values Art Like No Other Culture on Earth
The owner and maker of art here holds power and prestige
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Blair Mastbaum
An Ancient Tartessos Site Reveals Fear and Paranoia
An archeological dig in Spain’s Extremadura holds fiery and eerie secrets of the past
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Blair Mastbaum
A British Food Renaissance; or There All Along?
The bad food has largely disappeared, at least in this corner of Suffolk
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Blair Mastbaum
Can You Show Me How to Get to Shingle Street (Suffolk, England)?
An isolated strip of cozy cottages and a coastguard station where mysteries thrive
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St. Sebastian: the Catholic Church’s Most Sexualized Martyr — by Design
Diving deep into the saint of archers and athletes — now a gay icon
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Blair Mastbaum
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May 2022

Set the Scene: the Writer’s Creative Space
Lessons garnered from the ateliers of 10 masters of the written word
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Blair Mastbaum
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