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IN 2017 a group of volunteers set about recording the forgotten stories of gravestones within the churchyard of St Nicholas Church, Mid Lavant.   The group utilised an innovative photographic technology, reflectance transformation imaging (RTI), which captures the shape and

THIS ARTICLE discusses the history of the Church of St Nicholas, Mid Lavant, in order to provide some context for next week’s article, which focuses on the Lavant History Project.   The project, undertaken by volunteers, has brought to life

NOT ALL the men from this area who served in the Army were in the Royal Sussex Regiment. Many men were drafted in to specialist units or other regiments.   When the Military Act came into force on March 2,

When WAR was declared on August 4, 1914, many local men readily volunteered to serve in one of the armed forces. They came from all walks of life and were all eager to serve their country.   At the outbreak

IF YOU read my column last week, you will know that I have been in Washington DC delivering talks for an incredible empowering event called the #WEC18 – Women’s Entrepreneurship Conference 2018.   It was amazingly uplifting for everyone who

This week I am in Washington DC speaking at a women’s entrepreneurial conference. It’s my first visit here, so I am very excited.   I am planing on running to The White House from my hotel later today before the

Last WEEK’S article looked at some of the brave naval personnel from Chichester who took part in battles at sea during the First World War. This article continues to tell their stories.   On June 6, 1916, HMS Hampshire was

Today I am lucky enough to be writing this from the Blackwood forest, just outside Winchester. My son is on location for a modelling shoot for the day, so I bought my lap top along as there is always work

As rockets diminish in the early November sky, I move on from the winter warmers of last week to six wines available at good old Sainsbury’s to adorn your wine rack.   I begin with a 2017 La Luciana Araldica

Several Royal Navy ships are listed on Chichester’s war memorial along with the names of the men lost from those ships. Due to the Royal Navy’s supremacy of the seas up until the Great War there had been no major