Synopsis (from book cover):
Humanity’s most ancient secret is about to be revealed…
In the sunburned deserts of eastern Turkey, archaeologists are unearthing a stone temple, the world’s most ancient building. When journalist Rob Luttrell is sent to report on the dig, he is intrigued to learn that someone deliberately buried the site 10,000 years ago, Why?
Only [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Filed under Books
The Genesis Secret by Tom Knox
14 Comments CherryPie on Nov 18th 2009
Filed under Heritage
The Garden of Eden
This is a reprint of an article I originally posted on my Blogger blog earlier this year. I have just read the novel that the author of The Daily Mail article wrote after visiting this site. I thought new readers might interested in the historical background before I post a review of the book:
The Daily [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Nov 18th 2009
Filed under Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
Chartwell – Rose Etude
This is the north-east corner of the house, where visitors emerge after the tour. Although it can’t be seen in the picture, on the wall to the left is a slate tablet that commemorates the seventeen benefactors who donated Chartwell to the National Trust in 1946 on the condition that the Churchills could remain [...]
9 Comments CherryPie on Nov 17th 2009
Filed under Anecdotes
A Prayer for the Stressed
When I was having my sort out at work I found this remedy for stress in my pending tray.
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change
The courage to change the things I cannot accept
And the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill today because they got on my [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Nov 16th 2009
Filed under This & That
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Be wise with speed . A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
Edward Young
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 15th 2009
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
Chartwell – The Marlborough Pavilion
The Marlborough Pavilion was built as a summer house in the mid 1920s and decorated in 1949 by Churchill’s nephew, John Spencer Churchill. The theme of the decoration is John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough who was Churchill’s oldest ancestor:
On the north wall are the motto, Fiel Pero Desdichado (‘Faithful but Unfortunate’) – a [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Nov 15th 2009
No doubt most of you will have read the recent reports in the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail stating that MoD civil servants have earned in excess of £47 million in bonuses in the last six months. The Telegraph starts the article with this sensational comment:
Civil servants at the Ministry of Defence have [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Nov 14th 2009
