A brief update on our links to weblogs, chosen by our site maintainer for their Devon historical interest:
Literary Places (Writing on the map) is a well-presented and well-researched site by Angela Williams devoted to connections between writers and locations. It has a strong focus on Devon: Keats in Teignmouth has been an ongoing topic.
Torquay's Other History is a topic section of the People's Republic of South Devon site. It covers lesser-visited topics in Torquay's history such as modern history, social and countercultural history, little-known celebrity connections, and so on.
Wayland Wordsmith (Discourser on the Exe estuary) is by the Lympstone-based poet and writer Ralph Rochester. Among general observations, he frequently covers East Devon historical topics such as the works of Eden Philpotts, and little-known history of the Exe and East Devon.
Scrapblog: a Writer from the South-West ("Notes and thoughts towards a gathering book dreaming through the web-mirror") is a run by author Julie Sampson, and focuses on connections between women writers - well-known and otherwise - and Devon locations.
JSBlog (Journal of a Southern Bookreader) is a literary/regional weblog run by Ray Girvan, Topsham. Although broad in scope, it frequently contains topics on the literary connections, history and landscape of East Devon.
If you run, or know of, a weblog connected with Devon history, let us know.
- RG
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