The trouble with going to floristry evening classes is that our flat is just rammed with flowers. Life can be so difficult sometimes. My hand-tied bouquet from last week was getting tired, so I dismantled it and upcycled the surviving stems along with a few blooms from our garden into new vases. This week, the […]
The Quinta das Cerejeiras Reserva is a smooth, beguiling red wine that has enlivened many of our dinner parties. So, it was with great anticipation that we drove to Bombarral, 70 km north of Lisbon, to meet the producer of this precious nectar. We were received by Ana Reis. She is the great-granddaughter of a wine legend: […]
This is a garden I have been reading about and admiring in photographs for several years and I have enjoyed watching it develop. Imagine our surprise when we were on a mid-week break in September and discovered that we were staying in a hotel not too far from the Sussex Prairie Garden. We couldn’t miss […]
via Sussex Prairie Garden – a prairie garden in Sussex — greenbenchramblings
A new podcast series from the National Trust unravels Europe’s influence on our nation through the ages revealing the continental roots that lie buried in locations from Neolithic Avebury ring to modernist Hampstead. Over ten weeks starting on 24 October, award-winning historian and broadcaster, Bettany Hughes, will explore National Trust sites and uncover their cosmopolitan […]
via Bettany Hughes’s ‘Ten Places, Europe & Us’ — National Trust Press Office
We love showing Lisbon to our friends. It is a joy to stroll through streets where so much history was written, admiring the old architecture, visiting interesting shops, stopping by beautiful cafés for coffee and pastries. So, when VoiceMap invited us to record a voice-guided walking tour of Lisbon, we didn’t hesitate. VoiceMap is a new company […]
As Stourhead in Wiltshire begins to witness the first signs of autumn colour appearing across the garden and wider estate, Alan Power, Stourhead’s head gardener, gears up to tell Radio 4’s PM about the changing landscape. “This world-famous garden is starting to show signs of autumn’s arrival with golden, orange and red hues beginning to […]
via Autumn colour arrives at Stourhead — National Trust Press Office
We welcomed record numbers of visitors last year, our membership is growing, and our income also increased. As a result, we are spending more money than ever before on funding our conservation work. As a charity, we don’t make money for its own sake, but use it to look after the 300 historic houses, 250,000 […]
Originally published in The Telegraph on 05 October 2016. By GORDON CONWAY When recently appointed Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom suggested that young Britons could take over post-Brexit fruit-picking and farm labour, her comments were met with derision. Speaking at a Conservative Party conference fringe event in Birmingham, she said she hoped that more young people […]
It was so hard to travel in old times! There were no hotels or restaurants. Some towns had modest inns where guests could rest and eat a simple meal. But on many nights, travelers slept under the stars hoping they would find a village in the morning where they could buy some food. The only way to […]
Last week’s post looked at the diverse origins of Southwark’s so-called ‘Five Estates’ and the ideals which inspired them. This week, I’ll examine how those ideals failed or rather, perhaps, how they were betrayed by wider society. That also gives us a chance to assess some of the broader charges levelled against much of the mass […]
via The Five Estates, Peckham, Part II: ‘It wasn’t all bad’ — Municipal Dreams
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