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10 June 2026 Friends of St Mary’s Church, Hull

Alyce Chaucer and the de la Pole Hull connections.

6 pm Wednesday 10 June.

Details TBA.

6/7June 2026 Gladstone Library Alibis in the Archive

Deadly Landscapes from Dartmoor to Cape Wrath.

An annual celebration of all things crime, right here in North Wales! Hosted in collaboration with the Crime Writers’ Association and featuring some of the best crime writers in the business, Alibis in the Archive is your chance to spend a weekend enjoying some of the best crime writing there is. 2026 features SJ Bennett, Angela Buckley, Ajay Chowdhury, Martin Edwards, Christina Hardyment, Anthony Johnston, Phil Lecomber and Zoe Sharp.

Tickets £190

21 April 2026 Iffley History Society, Church Hall, Iffley

Alyce Chaucer in Fact and Fiction.

Details TBA.

25 March 2026 Oxford Literary Festival

Novel Crime Scenes: Twenty Deadly Fictional Landscapes.

Wednesday, 25 March 2026.

10:00am 1 hour.

Weston Lecture Theatre: £10 – £18

25 February 2026 Friends of the Bodleian

The Landscapes of Crime Fiction from Dartmoor to Cape Wrath.

 Wednesday 25 February 2026 13.00–14.00 (GMT).

 At the Weston Library and online.

Free, booking required.

Vintage lady

This summer I set sail on the Thames in my restored British Moth 404 Pheno. A little upstream I found the perfect mooring for my camping punt Dulcibella.