Epiphany Gift 6: Enys Tregarthen and the Piskeys January 6, 2016
Author: Beach Combing | in : ModernBeachcombing has a tradition of epiphany gifts. Here is the latest. Enys Tregarthen Piskeys These are by no means all of Enys Tregarthen‘s pixy stories, but these are five that are unavailable online. Enjoy!
In Search of Enys Tregarthen: ‘The Little Cripple’ August 19, 2014
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary, Modern
Imagine being born, in the winter of 1850, while your father is away at sea. You find yourself in a vulnerable but aspirational household, perhaps the worst nineteenth-century social gradient of them all in Britain. As you slowly emerge into consciousness you start to understand that your father, a seaman, is rarely present and by the time […]
