Uppingham

Imagine my heart-stopping surprise then, when the Goldmark Gallery in Uppingham unearthed a cache of mint (and I mean 'mint') lithographs, and proceeded to taunt me with them.

Back to School Peter Ashley 2008

Those of you familiar with this blog and its environs will know that a certain butcher in Uppingham is rewarded with many walk-on parts, mainly for his pork pies.

Passing the Thyme Peter Ashley 2008

It was a very nice bit of pig from Nelsons in Uppingham, with 'Charlotte' potatoes from Cornwall and Savoy cabbage.

Mustard & Gravy Peter Ashley 2008

Will, of Leicester Road in Uppingham, said: I didn't see its head but the body was totally visible and it was definitely a large wild cat with ash grey fur like a puma.

Archive 2008-08-01 2008

Mr Goldmark, until recently, had a secondhand-book business in a small town called Uppingham where there is a famous school; Stephen Fry was expelled from it.

Another English eccentric Michael Allen 2005

When the cheers for "Uppingham" and our answering cheers for "Borth" had rung out across the sands to seaward, there was an interval, filled up with songs by the children, while they waited the arrival of the spokesmen, whom they had charged with their valediction.

Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth John Huntley Skrine 1885

For Dawes, born into a wealthy family whose parents were involved in the flamboyant motor racing scene in the 1960s, climbing was an escape from public school at Uppingham, an experience he hated.

Johnny Dawes: 'It's about doing something that's fun… and impossible' 2012

The dressing up of a couple of Labour activists in top hat and tails has also back-fired as it was discovered that one of them actually went to Manchester Grammar School, a seat of learning every bit as distinguished as Uppingham, the alma mater of the Tory Candidate.

Archive 2008-05-18 2008

The dressing up of a couple of Labour activists in top hat and tails has also back-fired as it was discovered that one of them actually went to Manchester Grammar School, a seat of learning every bit as distinguished as Uppingham, the alma mater of the Tory Candidate.

Harman: Enemy of the Family 2008

He was driving away from Uppingham towards Wardley Hill and had just passed the two turnings for Belton-in-Rutland when his headlights caught the animal's trolling off the road.

Archive 2008-08-01 2008