Publications
The Shadow Between: The Diary of a Lost Love 1882-1938, edited by Mairi Rennie, published 4 May 2016 (118 pp., New Generation Publishing, ISBN-10: 1785077376 & ISBN-13: 9781785077371) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Abstract:The Shadow Between is based on the diary of a well-known illustrator and artist, William Parkinson (1858-1938). This was the period when the old ways were being superseded by the beginnings of modern life - railways, cycles, motor transport, photography, cinemas, medicine, fashions, the fading of the British Empire, and new social attitudes. The story is set in West Sussex, near Midhurst - now the centre of the South Downs National Park. In 1882 William was 24. He visited a college friend whose father was Rector of Terwick, near Rogate and fell in love with the Rector's daughter. It was a very intense experience which affected the rest of his life. The book is fully illustrated.