As the river waters have flowed through the ancient City of York for millenia; another death from drowning is far from unusual.
Author: The Polite Tourist
Peculiar to the City of York
With locally sourced Yorkshire grit, and dressed in our exclusive recycled label – this little bottle will add a peculiar and perfect finishing touch to your cabinet of curiosities.
Guest Post: Creepy Cat
Katherine Kerestman was visiting England to research her second macabre travel book. She had not known that she was fated to meet a new friend - THE Lady Brigante.
What Lies Beneath?
Why not join The Polite Tourist one SUMMER EVENING for a walk by the river's edge and listen to the tales of the long-forgotten of York?
Curious Deeds. A Curious Death?
Hear the The Polite Tourist one evening and learn the tales of the feckless chemist, the impoverished labourer and the spouse driven to an extreme act of provocation.
Rock the Cradle?
Pitiful and harsh! What can possibly be said about a life of ONLY five weeks?
Bless! Let Us Pray?
Scandal and disgrace? Those disgruntled petitioners and the tales of debauchery!
The Ghosts of Christmas Past
Why not come along and listen to the Lady Brigante one EVENING in DECEMBER and listen to the tales of the retired cobbler, or the tragic war wife?
Sand. Grit. Dust…
Although inspired by a local colloquialism - ‘Yorkshire Grit’ is also a state of mind, an elusive virtue which speaks of courage in the face of adversity and of the human spirit refusing to be ground down.
Foul Deeds in Fulford
Why not come along and listen to The Polite Tourist one FRIDAY EVENING and hear the tales of the affable soldier or a strange case of religious mania?