Category Archives: The Nine Tailors

Dorothy L Sayers’s The Nine Tailors Part Two

In Part Two of our adventure in the Fens, we’re using a classic Lord Peter Wimsey novel to navigate our way around the fiendishly complex network of drains and sluices that prevent this part of the UK from being permanently underwater. We visit the town of Ramsey – once an island – and take inContinue reading “Dorothy L Sayers’s The Nine Tailors Part Two”

Dorothy L Sayers’s The Nine Tailors Part One

We’re taking a classic Lord Peter Wimsey murder mystery novel for a drive out onto the Great Level. We’re looking for the fictional village of Fenchurch St Paul, with its enormous church tower and gang of dedicated bell-ringers.  You’ll find us at Bluntisham, Upwell and Christchurch in Cambridgeshire, seeking out a suitable church, preferably withContinue reading “Dorothy L Sayers’s The Nine Tailors Part One”