Stories Have A Way Of Continuing.
The five books tell one story.
But every journey leaves behind other paths worth following.
Some discoveries were too detailed to belong in the books. Others emerged afterwards, as new connections appeared between history, memory, landscape and lived experience. Together, they form an expanding collection of writing, conversations and collaborative projects that continue the enquiry in different ways.
Some grew from historical research.
Others from therapeutic exploration.
Some emerged through collaborations with practitioners, storytellers and small groups exploring memory, landscape and belonging.
Each follows a thread a little further.
Following the Threads
The work beyond the books explores many of the same questions from different perspectives.
Some pieces delve deeper into family history and forgotten historical events.
Some explore landscapes that became part of the journey.
Others reflect on the relationship between trauma, healing, memory and meaning.
Among them are:
- The Field That Remembers — exploring a remarkable convergence of landscape, family history and historical research on the Somerset Levels.
- Across the Atlantic: An Inherited Journey — how the story of three ancestors transported after the Battle of Sedgemoor unexpectedly echoed a journey I would make centuries later.
- The Freezing of the Knot — reflecting on an experience with a trance healer and the questions it raised about embodied memory and healing.
- Hadrian’s Wall: The Hidden Map — a conversation with a soul storyteller exploring landscape, symbolism and the body’s inner geography.
- Afterword: Once the Fair Goes — reflections on where the journey might lead beyond the final page.
Each piece stands alone.
Together, they reveal the wider landscape surrounding the books.
Where Stories Meet
The journey has crossed many different worlds:
- memoir
- genealogy
- history
- psychology
- landscape
- mythology
- therapeutic enquiry
Rather than offering definitive answers, this work explores how seemingly unrelated experiences can gradually reveal a deeper coherence when viewed together.
It asks what becomes possible when we remain curious about the stories we inherit, the places we return to and the patterns we notice throughout a lifetime.
Still Following the Questions
The journey began with one question.
It led through countries, archives, family stories, therapeutic conversations and ancient landscapes before returning to the place where it had quietly begun.
The questions continue.
New stories continue to emerge.
And, occasionally, another hidden thread appears, inviting the journey to begin once again.