Results for "The Thames" in Biographies & Memoirs

A shocking murder. A suspect with an alibi. A courtroom trial that gripped a nation. On an autumn night by the London docks, shipyard magnate Isaac Blight is found shot dead in his own armchair. Within hours, rumours spread across London and all fingers point to his business partner, Richard...

The deeply personal story of why award-winning personal finance blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames abandoned a successful career in the city and embraced extreme frugality in order to create a more meaningful, purpose-driven life and retire to a homestead in the woods at age thirty-two with her...

A podcast discussing the biggest court and crime news and events from Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire

Over the years, authors, artists and amblers aplenty have felt the pull of the Thames, and now travel writer Tom Chesshyre is following in their footsteps. He's walking the length of the river from the Cotswolds to the North Sea - a winding journey of over 200 miles. Join him for an illuminating stroll past meadows, churches, palaces, country (and council) estates, factories and dockyards.

‘Oh my goodness - another girl, Mrs Swain!' Clara's normal iron composure broke, and she screamed, ‘No! That's not the bloody deal!' And that was how my nanna, Bertha Swain, entered the world. When Helen Batten's marriage breaks down, she starts on a journey of discovery into her family's past and the mysteries surrounding her enigmatic nanna's early life. What she unearths is a tale of five feisty redheads struggling to climb out of poverty and find love through two world wars.

All good things must come to an end. That was how I said goodbye to my foreign friends who came and went throughout my 9 years in Japan. However, with the help of the internet, join me as I reconnect with them and understand their choices and ways to move to a different country, be it short-term or long-term. Welcome to the Abroad Madness Podcast where every Monday, I share stories and insights from people living your dream life of being in a different country. Whether you are thinking about taking your first step overseas for a trip or moving to another country, there is something for ...