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to the river 27 Aug 2013 | 12:22 am
I don't know a great deal about wild flowers and rivers, but I do know I like wandering down to the allotments in Aldeburgh to see the marsh and the Alde river and the stolid Martello tower on one sid...
good things in england 25 Aug 2013 | 09:46 pm
Good things this weekend: Aldeburgh. Fish and chips. The Aldeburgh Bookshop. The secondhand bookshop. The beach. The ever-changing weather. A first reading of Georges Simenon and a first encounter wi...
grey 23 Aug 2013 | 02:59 pm
Grey is a contextual colour. Lovely on Persephone Books. Flattering in knitwear. Beautiful on doves and in quilts. But not what you want to see at the Oval for an Ashes match. A few pearlescent grey o...
really real 17 Aug 2013 | 10:49 pm
Very real, very short-lived, very beautiful and dust-free. Dahlias from the cutting garden at Green and Gorgeous which is a explosion of flowers tucked away between Oxford and Reading where it's possi...
for real 16 Aug 2013 | 11:15 pm
IKEA is an ordeal, but one that is worth it when you want cheap bedding, glasses, cups and bowls for students, with a 9-piece breakfast for £2.75 thrown in for sustenance. I always wonder how people w...
roots 15 Aug 2013 | 02:35 pm
[At the Seaside (1946) LS Lowry] Much has been written recently about LS Lowry. All sorts of opinions have been aired and shared. Lots of nonsense has been said. A few reasonable voices have been hea...
cake boss 13 Aug 2013 | 11:37 am
A new Brocket baker. Tom has always been good at specific baking tasks such as kneading, or rubbing in butter and flour, or eating chocolate buttercream from the bowl, yet he hasn't really felt the ur...
bee aware 11 Aug 2013 | 02:05 pm
The answer to 'Where have all the bees gone?' is 'Wisley'. Yesterday, the place was a buzz and abuzz with bees. On echinaceas. On heleniums. On pale echinaceas. On bright sunflowers. And no doubt...
for two pins 9 Aug 2013 | 07:19 pm
[Garden Museum garden, plants on a well worn gravestone with faded lettering] Simon once said I'd win a gold medal for jumping to conclusions, so yesterday after I'd been to the Garden Museum (unplan...
in touch 7 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
[Lotta Jansdotter's Glimma fabrics, upside down] I feel as though I've been out of touch for a while, with myself as much as with the world. Recently, though, I've had an early September-style rush o...
