Summary: Vol. 42 Issue 2

Published: Jul 2023

Table of contents

• Expanding The Frontier, Part Four – The England-Wales Border Counties from Newspapers by George Frampton
• The Ancient English Morris Dance, by Michael Heaney reviewed by Jonathan Hooton
• DERT 2023 – Back to Normality by Sally Wearing
• Making Mischief: Folk Costume in Britain reviewed by Beth Neill
• The Romany Tarot Cards by Tony Tomlin
• John Dexter Remembered by Tim Radford
• Animal Guising and the Kentish Hooden Horse: by James Frost reviewed by Paul Cowdell
• The May Day Festival in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, before World War 1 by Duncan Broomhead

Editorial

What a year for bank holidays – and trying to work out how the ‘traditional’ events fit in round the increased number of official Monday holidays. This issue is rather wide ranging – from recent exhibitions and past festivals through to the ‘must have’ book on The Ancient Morris Dance.