The amazing grace of Barrack Obama.
You could say it was only a church service but it was more than that. You could say it was just about a wedding service but it was more than that. You could say it was just a lot of…
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It’s Summertime – well, we’re nearly there in Lewes or so I’m told by Mr Schafernaker.
As you all know, we officially started summer last weekend and to prove it, yes, you’ve guessed, the seasonal change has been marked in my household by my mother’s latest tea cosy, every house should have one. Here is her…
My new friend, the one-eyed Siamese cat.
I’m an enthusiast about my small Lewes, UK, garden and, I have to say in all modesty that it is looking particularly fine at the moment with all the roses in full bloom and much else on its way.…
Looking back at Sissinghurst in May 2014 – ending my survey of Sissinghurst Castle Gardens.
To finish the series on a recent trip to Sissinghurst Castle Gardens that I’ve been running all week, I thought I’d look back at some photographs I took in May 2014 on my first visit to this inspiring horticultural paradise,…
Today let’s enjoy some of Sissinghurst’s star plants
In today’s blog about my trip to Sissinghurst Castle Gardens, I thought I’d include some of the photographs that I took of individual plants just because I liked them. Sissinghurst is all about the group plantings and experiments with…
Looking at all the other colours of Sissinghurst after the glories of The White Garden.
Yesterday I wrote about Sissinghurst’s famous White Garden so, today, I thought you’d like to see the world beyond white – or, rather white, grey and green as its creator, Vita Sackville-West insisted. I’m devoting my regular blogs to Sissinghurst…
Exploring the White Garden at Sissinghurst and finding green and grey.
I’m writing about gardens this week excited that our delayed English June has finally got into gear in my own garden in Lewes, UK, but mostly because I’ve been inspired by a visit to the great gardens at Sissinghurst,…
Taking a look at what Vita Sackville-West created at Sissinghurst Castle Gardens.
I spent most of last Sunday visiting the horticultural mecca that is Sissinghurst Castle in Kent. It was created by the novelist, poet and garden designer Vita Sackville-West (1892 – 1962) and her writer-diplomat husband Harold Nicolson (1886 – 1968).…
More Bloomin’ Roses in my Lewes Garden.
Yesterday, I went with some friends to see Vera Sackville-West’s spectacular gardens at Sissinghurst Castle, about an hour’s drive from my place. I took a lot of photographs and hope to publish a blog about the day later this week.…
Donizetti’s Poliuto makes it to Britain 177 years late – it was worth the wait.
Donizetti’s opera Poliuto at Glyndebourne 2015 For someone interested in opera, I’m exceedingly lucky to live ten minutes away from the always interesting and often inspired opera house at Glyndebourne. It’s an eccentric and maybe a rather British…