The Small Mansion If I was thirty years younger and at least thirty times richer this is where I would live.
Black Locust Chiswick House is set in 65 acres of gardens created by Wiliam Kent in the first half of the 18th century.
Forty Winks One afternoon when the chairman of the Friends of Margravine Cemetery delivered a plan of the trees in the cemetery, as I had requested, I was very obviously asleep on the sofa in the front window.
Sunday in the Park Before I went to Belize I was told it is the same size as Wales, a traditional measurement of land mass in the UK.
Autumn in Madrid In Valencia in 2016 I saw Joaquín Sorolla‘s pictures for the first time. In March this year I saw more of his work at The Royal Academy in London.
Travels with My Otter A reader, John Tuffin, recommended Douglas Botting’s biography of Gavin Maxwell when there was an ottery post in August.
What Hoe! I wonder if I should have bought a property in Chelsea when I started working in London? With a mortgage I expect I could but I am glad I didn’t.
The Race is not to the Swift In the UK we agonise over any legislative changes. Two examples to follow.