<p class=""><strong><em>This article nostalgically contrasts traditional West Country Christmas customs with modern celebrations. It reminisces about unique practices like ashen faggot burning, where participants drink and toast to banish spirits; the Mummers’ Play, featuring characters like Father Christmas; and 'guise-dancing' in St Ives, where people wore disguises and danced. It also mentions the belief of master bullocks kneeling at midnight on Christmas Eve and tradesme

<p class="">Martin Hesp has been taking a look at his Christmas fairytale, The Deer Park, and imagining some new images.</p>

<p class=""><strong><em>Embark on a literary journey with "The Lemon Tree Forest," an evocative novel intertwining Greek culture, mystical experiences, and personal memories. Partly set in the heart of rural Greece, the soon-to-be-published book offers a vivid portrayal of 1980s life in a landscape steeped in history. The author draws from personal experiences, crafting a narrative that's as refreshing as the lemon-tangerine hybrid juice featured in the story. From thrilling

<p class="">A few notes about my novel The Lemon Tree Forest </p>

<p class="">The Deer Park: A Modern Fairytale has been made to an audiobook to join the paperback and ebook versions of the story</p>

<p class="">A walk in the hills behind the medieval village of Dunster - the hike covers much of the ground which is the location for Martin Hesp’s new fairy-tale book ,The Deer Park</p>

<p class="">There’s a new book called The Deer park launched this week - and it’s immediately proving to be very popular. Martin Hesp explains how the story came about… The Deer Park - a children's fairytale inspired by the magical woodlands above Dunster and includes references to local history and legends, intertwined with the author's personal experiences and family stories</p>

<p class="">The Quantock Novel… That is what a lot of people are calling The Last Broomsquire - and author Martin Hesp will be giving a talk all about it at the online Shute Festival on March 25</p>

<p class="">A list of 10 beautiful, remote and little visited beaches around Cornwall</p>

<p class="">The Lemon Tree Forest is a novel set partly in Greece and partly in West Somerset’s Brendon Hills. Here writer Martin Hesp reproduces a single chapter after hearing about the death of a rather lonely middle-aged man on the other side of the hills.</p>

<p class="">A walk to the top of The Quantock Hills and Broomsquire Country….</p>

<p class="">Another Lockdown Diary and this time a video telling us all about the story of The Last Broomsquire</p>

<p class="">In this Exmoor Lockdown Diary Martin Hesp takes a walk in The Quantock ills to visit some of the real-life locations mentioned in his novel The Last Broomsquire </p>

<p class="">The novel, The Last Broomsquire, is launched as an ebook and paperback having had a major edit and make—over. </p>