You may remember that back in June we held a Salon Musicale at Lawn Road with violinist Madeleine Mitchell and her quintet – and lots of good food! Well, you will be glad to hear that it was not just a one off. Indeed we have held two further evenings since then and have two …
Dry stone walling
Any of you who watched Gentleman Jack on the BBC earlier in the year will already know Shibden Hall, Anne Listers’ ancestral home near Halifax where much of the series was filmed. (Very fine formal garden they have there too, for those of you who are interested…) I went to visit it a few weeks ago …
Garden update
I am embarrassed that it is two months since I did a garden update….. so here we go – on a stunning August afternoon. Read on…
Little My……
My good friends who used to live in the penthouse at our Grade 1 listed Isokon Flats have now gone off to run a Moomin shop in Camden Lock. I must admit that, to my shame, I had never even heard of the Moomins – the rather delightful fairy tale characters created by the Finnish writer Tove …
Random images
The last couple of weeks has seen me in Yorkshire, in Aberdeen and in Dorset… I started my journey at Hebden Bridge, staying with my good friend the food journalist and writer Geoff Tansey. Geoff’s house all but over looks the river Calder which runs through – and sometimes indeed floods – the town. Here were …
Polo on the heath
OK – so you thought that polo was only for rich toffs in Windsor Great Park – but let me put you right….. You don’t need a string of ponies and posse of grooms. A polo session will not cost you much more than a hacking session, you need neither experience nor a pony – …