Laurence Anholt
Julia Mear met Laurence Anholt at his home in Colyton. This is his story. ‘I’m generally a cheerful person so I’d like to think I didn’t make too much fuss when I was born on 4th August 1959 in Barnet. Read more »
Daily Archives: 01/04/2015
A Scent of Eastern Flavour
Katherine Locke talks to Jason Goodwin whose series of detective novels have led to a cookbook from an unusual sleuth. There are numerous ways to conduct a courtship, but few could be more romantic than taking six months to walk Read more »
Along Ancient Lines
Painter Jan Walker’s first major show opens at Sladers Yard in West Bay on 12 April. Now that the paintings are ready and the catalogues are printing, she takes a look back to see how she reached this point. Seven Read more »
In the Garden – April 2015
We are at the tipping point of the growing season when buds burst from bare stems and spring bulbs double in size and abundance overnight as spring gathers momentum. This is good because the garden should be a really cheerful Read more »
Vegetables in April 2015
Spring is arriving, slowly. Will this north east wind dominate our summer? If so, it may be like 2013, when the soil stayed cold and growth slow until May. Then the north east wind gets really warm and we have Read more »
Cromwell’s Ruins
“One of the Ruins that Cromwell knocked about a bit” – “Abaht a bit, Abaht a bit”. This was a music hall song heard on the radio about 50 years ago, sung in a mock cockney voice. From memory it Read more »
Up Front 04/15
Last month The Guardian launched its campaign to tackle climate change by suggesting that the Gates Foundation and Wellcome Trust should commit to taking their money out of companies that are driving global warming. Editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger explained that our Read more »