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News is but a fleeting thing, but I hope that Essentially England's newsletter contains a few nuggets worth picking over, long after the special offers have been replaced by new ones and the newsletters have been resigned to the trash can.
There are always recipes and ideas for days out, so here's a list of our newsletter backissues, just in case....
2012
- Olympic Fun and Tea Party Ideas
- Get Ready... Get Set... Go!
- The Diamond Jubilee
- Castle and Moat for Sale
- Ancient Battles and Autumn Colours
- Makeovers and Apple Cake
2011
- The Real Downton Abbey
- Honouring England's Last Anglo-Saxon King
- The Last English King to Die in Battle
- The Dangers of Longbow Practice
- Kings Can't Marry Where They Choose
- Teacake and a Wartime Mystery
- Thankful Villages and Pink Rhubarb
- Newcastle Puddding and a Frontier Town
- More to Explore
2010
- Sprouts: Not Just for Christmas!
- Blizzards and a Royal Engagement
- Bonfire Party Time
- Ancient Battles and Autumn Colours
- Makeovers and Apple Cake
- The Essence of an English Summer
- Celebrating England's Patron Saint
- Peculiar Pudddings and English Music
- Marmalade Galore!
2009
- Birthdays, Normans and a Smoking Bishop
- Between Glorious Trees and Potted Shrimps
- Elderberries, Floyd and a Hoard of Anglo-Saxon Treasure
- Books and Blackberries
- Ruins, Garlic and Chillies
- Roses and Pimms
- Spears to Slay a Dragon with?
- Between Cheesy Steves and the Boat Race
- Snow, Pancakes and Rhubarb Fool
- Chocolate, Marmalade and Roman Mosaics
2008
- Essentially England is 1 Year Old!
- Make your money go further this Christmas
- Barge Cruises and Christmas Chocolates
- Dragons and Plums
- England's Worst Monarch and the Mysteries of Eton Mess
