When Mr and Mrs Sheldrake named their son Merlin they must have known he would weave a little magic into the world, which he did with his fascinating book Entangled life: how fungi make our worlds, … [Read more...] about Thoughts on trees
Books
Musings on the magical rabbit warren that is Wikipedia.
This morning I was writing about Africa and wanted some background information about an advisor to Jomo Kenyatta whom I had met a couple of times when I lived in Nairobi back in the 1970s. I popped … [Read more...] about Musings on the magical rabbit warren that is Wikipedia.
Thoughts on travelling in France, then and now
We’ve just driven down through France to the lovely house in Gascony where we were marooned for 3 months last year, staying for a couple of nights on the way with friends near Poitiers. We spent an … [Read more...] about Thoughts on travelling in France, then and now
From the Veg Patch
Back in the days when we could all pile into a friend's conservatory and squidge up close Kathy Slack did a fabulous Festival Feast for The Buckingham Literary Festival, at the home of our friends and … [Read more...] about From the Veg Patch
Book two finished!
I have finally finished my second book, a memoir of my relationship with the Turks and Caicos Islands provisionally titled An Accidental Envoy, which I started writing about 18 months ago. I thought I … [Read more...] about Book two finished!