Ilkley Moor 2014, with Sue and Steve. *** After over ten years with SE, much of that span as a Director, it is time for me to step aside… ***
Author: Stuart France
Writer and Director of T.O.L.L.
Flying Kites…Flying Kites…
*** … The church of St Lawrence is surrounded by Yew trees and as we leave the grounds I see a flash of red arrow from tree to tree very
Two Bulls: the dark-haunched…Two Bulls: the dark-haunched…
County Sligo, Carrowmore, Tuesday 26th July 2022… *** *** Dark and dire, mighty in muzzle, long in horn; *** *** narrow flanked, beefy breasted; *** *** his thick-maned neck tough
Two Bulls: the fair-horned…Two Bulls: the fair-horned…
County Sligo, Carrowmore, Tuesday 26th July 2022… *** *** White his heavy mane and his massive hoofs pounded in purple; *** *** his body dyed, blood red, from the clay
Hawk at DuskHawk at Dusk
*** Since the birth of the Silent Eye, we have held regular workshops, including, for the past seven years, an annual residential weekend of ritual drama in Derbyshire. We have
Queen Maebh’s Cairn?…Queen Maebh’s Cairn?…
County Sligo, Carrowmore, Tuesday 26th July 2022… *** *** Whilst it is a reconstruction there is nothing to overtly suggest that it is modelled on the cairn on top of
Hawk at NoonHawk at Noon
*** The cult of celebrity seems to have run mad over the past few years. Anyone can have their fifteen minutes of fame and if they can be sufficiently outrageous,
LocationsLocations
County Sligo, Carrowmore, Tuesday 26th July 2022… *** *** Almost as impressive as the monuments themselves, if not more so, are the locations in which they are situated. *** ***
Hawk at DawnHawk at Dawn
*** The clock is ticking, time inexorably moves us closer to the launch event of the Silent Eye… in a little less than three weeks… We are flat out getting
Dimensions…Dimensions…
County Sligo, Carrowmore, Tuesday 26th July 2022… *** *** It is natural to think that things start small and then get bigger. *** *** But in this case it just
The Leanan Sidhe…The Leanan Sidhe…
County Offally, Clonfinlough Stone, Monday, 25th July, 2022 *** ‘Meadow of the Bright Lake’ *** “The Leanan Sidhe sucks the life-force out of artists who in return for an early
A Hag’s Load…A Hag’s Load…
County Offally, Clonmacnoise, Monday, 25th July, 2022 *** *** The legend of regaining, ‘the Spoil’, is tied up with a stone. *** *** After the composing of a lay
‘China my China’…‘China my China’…
* ‘The square inch house In the square foot field…’ * The way is Self-existent. Nameless. Shapeless. Primal. Nature and spirit. * Spirit and nature are Unseen Within the light
Something Profound…Something Profound…
County Offally, Clonmacnoise, Monday, 25th July, 2022 *** ‘The meadow of the sons of Nos’ *** ‘Something dark and swift flitted between the grave stones. * Whether or not it
The Belcherman…The Belcherman…
Sir Toby Belcher * With the vanguard of the Globotomists now fighting fervently on all fronts of the known world, the homeland has been entrusted to the safe-hands of former
Seekers of Wisdom…Seekers of Wisdom…
– Rosa M Paz * May you find your star in the depths of night, over whichever land it shines… *
The New Mediaevalism…The New Mediaevalism…
* St George ‘cradling’ or ‘choking’ a baby dragon? (Nuremberg Chronicle 493) * ‘Our un-elected leaders murder millions of us in real-time then appear on televisual entertainment programmes to appeal
Giants Everywhere…Giants Everywhere…
County Down, Friday, 17th June, 2022… *** *** There are sections of the texts which we have been considering that relate stories which are incredibly ancient. *** *** These ancient
Giant’s Ring…Giant’s Ring…
County Down, Friday, 17th June, 2022… *** *** No one views the biblical story of David and Goliath with anything other than complete veracity. *** *** Yet the biblical time
The Twins of Macha…The Twins of Macha…
County Armagh, Friday, 17th June 2022… *** *** For one of the most important sites in the country there was not very much to see. * It was also raining
Ghoul in the Crown?…Ghoul in the Crown?…
County Armagh, Thursday 16th June 2022… *** *** Notwithstanding such spectral speculations… *** *** All this does raise questions… Continue reading at France&Vincent
The King’s Ring…The King’s Ring…
County Armagh, Thursday, 16th June 2022… *** *** Although not at all easy to pick… *** *** The stones of Clontygora… *** *** Comprise yet another court-cairn… *** ***
‘Going Underground’…‘Going Underground’…
County Down, Thursday 16th June, 2022… *** *** The information board cannot be relied upon to furnish accurate information but they can offer, if not a landing strip then at
Wateresk Dolmen…Wateresk Dolmen…
County Down, Thursday, 16th June, 2022… *** *** Certainly, such huge stones look difficult to move from place to place… Continue reading at France&Vincent
‘A New Place’…‘A New Place’…
County Down, Thursday, 16th June, 2022… *** *** For the first time since our first site a couple of days ago there are people! *** *** And some kind of