Looking out of my office window at about 4.15… and half an hour later looking out the other side of the house….
Sky over Belsize Park….
7am this morning…. …and 10 minutes later…. Five minutes after that it had all gone.
James
I have written many posts over the years about friends or colleagues who have died – but never did I think I would be writing one about James, my lifelong partner – and our Webmaster. James died of sepsis resulting from a twisted bowel just over a week ago – after four days on life …
Isokon joins the blue plaque elite
Casual visitors to Lawn Road last Monday might have been surprised to see our Grade 1 listed building, the Lawn Road Flats, surrounded by a sizeable group, sipping prosecco and munching on cupcakes while obviously waiting for something to happen. And something was indeed about to happen. Our very own blue plaque was about to …
Glyndebourne in bloom
Roses in full bloom are always pretty spectacular but when combined with a sunny June evening deep in the Sussex countryside, a delicious picnic and the entertainment offered by one’s fellow picnickers – what’s not to love? Oh yes – of course, then there is the opera. Der Rosenkavalier – one of my absolute favourites. …
Horace W Nicholls, photographer
Readers who have visited Lawn Road, as a FreeFrom Food Awards judge or for other reasons, may have noticed some rather fine old sepia photographs both on the way up the stairs and in the drawing room. A shepherd driving his flock along a misty road, a young girl peeping through torn brown paper, the …