Been so distracted by my new book I almost forgot about Currently reading about Arthur Heywood's 'Effie' locomotive. It weighed 15 tons and only ever had one brake shoe. It must have flown down Duffield Bank!

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Meet Jane Austen’s last great heroine - the lively minded, forthright and exuberant spirit that is Miss Charlotte Heywood in tonight’s

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Scheduled as an iron age hill fort by Historic England, but as we've found at other sites such as Home Farm always potential to to be older. Always a good excuse to trot out a Heywood Sumner illustration as in his neighbourhood

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🎨 On tonight's Arts Show, Nicola Heywood Thomas talks poetry with Jonathan Edwards & . discusses her new solo exhibition 'Shifting Edges'. Plus author, Caryl Lewis , joins us for a chat.

🎧 Listen : https://t.co/YdjXi9yGw7

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Here’s all the stages of my sketch for those who are interested in the process

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I’ve really enjoyed drawing this new portrait of I love this scene : when she has been impersonating Sidney, and then she turns around and he’s there! Her face says it all! Hopefully I’ve captured that

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Been negotiating hair this morning, filling in the area over her right shoulder, & her crown. But I need a change so I’m doing her other eye next! I think she needs to see the full force of Sidney’s displeasure 😂#Sanditon

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New stamp, Sovereign of the Seas, built Woolwich Dockyard 1637 as personal project of Charles I, richly decorated, designed by dramatist Thomas Heywood;⛵️= long career with action in Anglo-Dutch Wars; destroyed by fire1697 283/365 https://t.co/RoMiQRsIw8

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And because it isn’t right to have one without the other, as they are most definitely meant to be together, here’s both my sketches side by side

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While I wait impatiently for the last episode of the wonderful I managed to finish my sketch. Here’s a slightly unsure in her gorgeous bonnet, wondering what to make of a certain

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A selection of whimsical work by Scotland-based artist Alex Heywood. See more > https://t.co/vqxT6BfBDE

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'Grow' by Alex Heywood (.heywood.art), one off digital painting – limited edition of 1 (signed by the artist), 10" x 8", £290GBP (available).

This wonderful painting by Alex is currently part of our Nocturnal Bloom exhibition, along with the a… https://t.co/5zWN50oAoV

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