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A Jar of Kisses and a Spoon of Honey
Hi! I’m Will Moran and I am currently the Creative Writing Intern at Winterbourne House and Garden, and a recent BA English and Creative Writing graduate from the University of Birmingham. This poem, ‘Evelyn’, is inspired by John Byam Liston Shaw’s portrait of Evelyn, aged twelve, with her pony Tom-Tit (a reproduction
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St Margaret and ‘Heg Peg Dump’
20 July is the feast day of St. Margaret of Antioch, the patron saint of expectant mothers. Legend has it that she was swallowed whole by the Devil, who had disguised himself as a dragon, but made a miraculous escape by making the sign of the cross with her fingers. In a triumph of good
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The artist behind the art
Milan Topalović is a Bournville-based artists and illustrator with a penchant for portraits. At Winterbourne, we’re lucky to not only have many of his wonderful prints and cards available in our gift shop, but to also offer portraiture workshops with the man himself! To get the full scoop on Milan’s artistic influences, love of teaching,
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Tolkien and Winterbourne
The name Tolkien has a long association with Birmingham. The writer J. R. R. Tolkien spent some of his childhood nearby and many local landmarks have been linked to locations in The Lord of the Rings. However, at Winterbourne we have an object that demonstrates a different kind of creativity in the Tolkien family; our