The weather forecast promised rain at 11am on Bank Holiday Monday and then for the rest of the day. So, I thought, if I get to Kew as the gates open at 10am, not only will I miss the rain but the bank holiday crowds. Great theory – and I did miss the crowds, but …
Art
Sculpture in the City
Nothing to do with Hampstead Heath and very little in the way of green, but if you fancy a really fascinating walk, can I suggest an hour or so wandering around the insurance district of the City of London taking in the annual Sculpture in the City exhibition. And while you are there do also …
The pasta jeweller
As many of you will know who have visited Lawn Road, I collect earrings, many of which flaunt themselves on a couple of lampshades in the drawing room. Knowing I collect them, friends seek out weird and wonderful creations to add to my collection in an attempt to upstage what I already have. So, when …
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 …
Leonardo at the Queen’s Gallery
This is far too amazing an exhibition for me to even think of trying to describe it – so I will just urge anyone who is likely to be in London between now and the end of October to put it on their itinerary. (Please excuse the quality of the images which often include the …