UpFront 08/19
As the clock ticked ever closer to midday on Tuesday, July 23rd—one of the hottest days of the year so far—it was hard to concentrate on a daily routine due to the imminent election of the next Prime Minister. Amongst Read more »
Author Archives: MV
Paul Lashmar
‘I was born in Rainham, Essex, in a rented 2-up 2-down cottage with the spider-infested toilet out the back and a tin bath in front of the fire on a Friday evening. My mother was second-generation Irish whose family came Read more »
August in the Garden
Gardens have a memory. What is happening in your garden, on any particular day, is not just a reflection of the prevailing conditions but also of factors that have influenced it over the whole time it has been in existence. Read more »
Vegetables in the Garden
August—the time of plenty (sometimes even too much if good organisation and planning hasn’t been taken into account). Successional sowings are the key to managing outputs from the vegetable garden, but also to ensure the highest quality of produce is Read more »
Corrie Van Rijn
‘I was born in a small fishing town called Katwijk aan Zee in the Netherlands. My family was very religious; there was church twice on Sundays and prayers before and after every meal. The town itself was quite conservative, and Read more »
People at Work
Every morning Simon makes the tea, five mugs of Earl Grey for his wife and four children – ‘all tea snobs’ he says laughing, as he sips at his coffee. Bundling everyone out the door to school, he just about Read more »
Brian Griffin to select photography for the 2019 Marshwood Arts Awards
One of Britain’s most influential photographers, Brian Griffin’s work has spanned many generations. He talked to Fergus Byrne. At the opening of a new exhibition of some of his early work, photographer Brian Griffin looks slightly bemused at just how Read more »
People in Food
Unable to get out of bed in the morning until his lovely wife Sam has brought him a cup of coffee, Simon Mazzei blames his caffeine addiction on his Italian heritage. Chef and proprietor of the Olive Tree in Bridport, Read more »
Language or Lingo and Dialect
Perhaps I should not have included ‘Lingo’ in the title as I have since seen a repeat of Dad’s Army in which Captain Mannering rebuked one of his subordinates for using it. I think he thought it to be un-English. Read more »
On the Box
I remember our first telly with a rosy warm nostalgic glow. Warm because the thing glowed so hot after half an hour, we could have toasted our tea cakes on it. It was a majestic big brown box with a Read more »