Readers who follow my garden pages will already have seen spring start to burst in our garden but blossom has been following blossom in such profusion over the last few weeks that it seemed criminal not to share them more widely. So… Pictured above the the cherry tree in the front garden – a glorious …
The Cheapside Horde
The wonderful thing about living in a city which has been a city for thousands of years is that, every time you dig seriously in your garden, there is just a chance that you might turn up anything from a Roman coin to a broken Victorian teacup. Not that if you live out in Hampstead …
Moroccan PS
I was just filing away the Moroccan photos when I came across this, whichI felt I had to share…. The felt man, with a very posh (for Morocco) workshop just outside the walls of Marrakech. He made these lovely South American style bowler hats, pixie boots, some very smart flat bags and embroidered necklaces – …
Morocco…
In the political cauldron of north Africa, Morocco, at least for now, appears to offer a haven of peace and prosperity. Unlike Algeria, where the legacy of French colonialism was truly toxic, in Morocco it seems to have been mainly beneficial – maybe because Morocco was never a true colony but merely a protectorate. Maybe …
Frodo – Dulux dogs – and Harrods…
Since his return to Lawn Road from his travels (click here for his great adventure) Frodo has settled back into a pleasant regime of eating and sleeping, interspersed with four hourly patrols around the street at the front of the house and the gardens at the back – and occasional minor spats with Boris and …
Grimes on the Beach
For those who do not already know, this year is the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Britten, one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Britten lived for most of his life near Aldeburgh, on the Suffolk coast, where, in 1948, he started a music festival which is still very much running, indeed …