Boxing Day hunt meet draws large crowds in Essex. Image by Knelstrom Media By Martin Foskett | Media | Knelstrom Media Published Updated Large crowds gathered at Matching Green in Essex on Boxing Day for the annual meet of the Puckeridge and Essex Hunt, a traditional fixture of the rural festive calendar.Around 86 riders on […]
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I took my better half and the children to a traditional Boxing Day hunt, expecting the usual chorus of sighs and phone-glazing, only to watch boredom fold neatly into astonishment as the spectacle unfolded: scarlet coats, steaming horses, brass buttons catching the winter light, and a village green momentarily upgraded to something operatic.
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The Greatest Generation: Chain-Smoking Saints of the Free World. Image by Knelstrom Media By Martin Foskett | Chronicles | Knelstrom Media Published Updated They never asked for applause. They weren’t the “Greatest Generation” because of branding or bravado, but because history kicked their teeth in, and they kept getting up, lighting another cigarette, and saying,
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It started in the mud. Thick Essex mud. The sort that clings to your boots like a drunk mate at closing time and dares you to stay standing while your nose runs like a leaky tap. Cold air, Sunday breath, and a coffee so bitter it could file for divorce. And there’s my boy, all flailing limbs and mad ambition, chasing the ball as it owed him money. Seven years old. Fierce. Oblivious. Glorious.
Image by Knelstrom Media Operation Raise the Flag: What I Saw. Harlow, Essex. By Martin Foskett | Publishing | Knelstrom Media Published Updated On the evening of 25 August 2025, I stood on the edge of Southern Way in Harlow, Essex, as the day exhaled its last light, and I watched something quietly electric unfold.
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KNELSTROM CHRONICLES – ISAAC LODGE VC 470 Image by Knelstrom Media By Martin Foskett | Publishing | Knelstrom Media Published Updated Isaac Lodge VC (6 May 1866 – 18 June 1923) was a distinguished English soldier who earned the coveted Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious military decoration awarded for acts of valour
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Stand up to Racism Protest, London, UK. Image by Knelstrom Media By Martin Foskett | Publishing | Knelstrom Media Published Updated A public anti-racism demonstration held in central London as part of the Stand Up To Racism movement, featuring speakers and participants advocating refugee rights, equality, and opposition to xenophobia during a period of heightened
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