In advance of his talk with biographer Max Egremont at Beaminster Festival, Somerset-based historian and poet James Crowden gives an appraisal of the history and poetry of the First World War. One hundred years have now passed since the outbreak Read more »
It was barely ten o’clock at night. The sun hadn’t long peeled itself off the big sky. My car’s engine was still hot. The midnight picnic untouched. And already a sea trout lay twitching on the bank. A fish. A Read more »
As I write this the ‘Chelsea Flower Show’ has finished for another year. For about two decades I never missed a single one; now I haven’t set foot in the place for the last three years—I don’t miss it! I Read more »
June sees a mixture of looking after growing crops and sowing new. Replace finished ones such as peas, broad beans and lettuce in July. Nip out broad bean tops as soon as you spot the first blackfly, daily inspection recommended. Read more »
Philip Strange went to see the award-winning compost toilets at Monkton Wyld Court in west Dorset The hamlet of Monkton Wyld lies in a deep wooded valley in the far west of Dorset a few miles inland from Lyme Regis. Read more »
I recall my mother reciting a poem “I remember, I remember the house where I was born, the little window….”. My own first twenty odd years were spent in a house with a window which looked up to a hill Read more »
OK, so this article’s mostly about World Cup football. I freely admit I’m a fan but (even if you’re not a fan) be brave and read on because this page contains useful information for everyone. It’s also free of overly Read more »
In the world of politics a great sales pitch can shift millions of voters and send them off to the polls brimming with enthusiasm about their future. Or, in the case of the recent European elections, a pretty incomprehensible sales Read more »