ALEXIS PENNY'S BLOG
A. T. Casdagli with Alexis Penny in Crete
on 1 June 1991 for the 50th anniversary of
his capture there on 1 June 1941
Stitching In War & Peace
Hampton Court Palace, in high winds, found me, on 17…
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What You Have I Hold
Uncharacteristically undated, this small embroidery is unique as far as…
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Surprise Yourself Every Day
One and a quarter centuries ago, on 10 April, Major…
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Operation Laughter in Heaven
Come with me to Paris! It’s 1928 and it’s spring…
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A Butterfly Saved My Life!
Myconos Harbour Quite out of the blue, one day in…
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Sleeping With Mosquitoes
A few minutes’ walk from London’s Imperial War Museum, shrouded…
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Needling The Nazis
I wrote this article for Fine Cell Work’s Prisoners Newsletter….
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From a Prisoner’s Daughter
Esther Freud, the novelist, who I’d never met before but…
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Strawberries In Prison
I learn Greek. Francoise in our Greek class, like me,…
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Making the Impossible Happen
“I don’t know how you did that!” gasped the unforgettably…
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Hats off to Lynda Bellingham!
Sunday, 28 September 2014 I woke up early to do…
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BIRTHDAY BLOG
Greece, August, 1948. The Second World War ended three years…
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