HeyJaredTom’s Substack
It's still early days here but some themes are emerging: Napoleonic-era history, 18th century interiors, a touch of tango, and occasional pretty pictures just because...
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Spooky season coming up... (opens the original)
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Next week we will be in October – the spooky month!My beloved has announced that we are having a party for Halloween, which brings its own spooky horrors as, of course, everyone already has plans for Halloween, so it’s set to be a very small party. Plus she has told me that I have to have the next Galbraith & Pole actually ready for sale by then. So after weeks of procrastination, it looks as if that is likely to happen.All this means that the next few weeks are likely to see me writing more abo
Lately I’ve been reading (opens the original)
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Last month I jumped (rather late) on the bandwagon of telling everyone on Substack what you’ve been reading because, apparently, reading is the new sexy. It’s also a good thing to write about here because it’s reasonable to assume that Substack readers are interested in books and I like to give a shout-out to books I’ve enjoyed. Heaven knows, authors need all the encouragement they can get.Subscribe nowI admitted
Thanks for being here (opens the original)
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I’ve been posting on Substack for over a year now. Like most people starting here, I never even thought about a Welcome Email when I joined, so when you signed up for a subscription you will have got the generic “Welcome, and thanks for signing up!” email that Substack sends because I didn’t provide an alternative.<a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yGi6!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fi
Hurst Castle (opens the original)
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It’s been a few weeks since I wrote about my trip to Southampton. It’s quite astonishing how much history you can pack into a couple of days based there.Today, we’re off to Hurst Castle.ShareAnyone who read my posts about Gibraltar will know how enthused I am when you get layers of defences built one on another as the technology of warfare changes.
More Georgians; more tango. (opens the original)
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Last Saturday, there was a milonga (tango social dance) at the bandstand in Kensington Gardens. It was a perfect summer day and we had a wonderful afternoon.<img alt="May be an image of one or more people" class="sizing-normal" height="1092" src="https://substackcd
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