Glyn Thomas
I'm the author of the blog and the book "Telling Tales". I spent a happy decade in Ukraine working and living and am now settled in the UK with my Ukrainian wife and our three children. The book is based loosely on tales from Anya's past most notably the period of the Holodomor.
Telling Tales
This is the working cover and title of my new project
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Facade progress
Work has restarted following the bad weather – roof is screeded, a hole has appeared for the rain soakaway and the facade is coming on nicely…
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Spiral staircase arrives
They don’t really do Spiral staircases in Ukraine.. by that I mean, there is no real consumer demand – why bother when you can have a straight staircase made from timber. We have worked with Roma – “an artist in … Continue reading
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