A will of July 1729, in “Stoke upon Trent”, with fascinating handwriting. The old fellow would likely have come-of-age in the 1680s.

Here’s a nice idea, spotted in the latest Country Life magazine. If a council really has to clear genuinely ‘unsafe’ gravestones from a graveyard, they could become ‘treeguards’ instead.

The H.G. Wells Short Story Competition 2020.

“This year’s theme is “Vision”. Your story can be set anywhere, feature any characters, and be written in any style. The length is 1,500 to 5,000 words. Entries must be in English. The story may not be published elsewhere.”

Free entry for under 21s. Deadline: 6th July 2020.

Somehow, Derek Jarman’s Prospect Cottage has been allowed to become… “at risk of being sold privately, its contents dispersed, and artistic legacy lost.” The Art Fund is now trying to raise £3.5m by 31st March 2020 to buy it.

Update: it’s been saved.

A major new Book of Taliesin translation was published last summer in hardback and Kindle ebook, and the Penguin Classics paperback format for this is now dated on Amazon for June 2020.

Also, it’s a lucky day on eBay for one Taliesin fan. Grab it quick.

A “Dreams of Nantwich” exhibition is on now at the nearby Nantwich Museum and runs until Saturday 7th March 2020…

The exhibition seeks to create the mythical and fairy tale story of Nantwich through its beauty and history. Presented in the medium of watercolour, the artwork concentrates on an imaginary vision of the town. … and also includes watercolour paintings of animals and fantasy creatures by the artist’s son Jan Obolewicz.

The first issue of Offa’s Dyke Journal has now been published, under public Open Access.