The RHS Hampton Court Flower show is always wonderful. My camera and I always really look forward to visiting.
The show gardens and the floral marquees are something truly special to behold.
Continue reading RHS Hampton Court Flower Show Press Day 2017
‘In a way it’s easier to do a short thing, all in one flight that a novel. Novels are frightfully clumsy and overpowering of course; still if one could only get hold of them it would be superb. I daresay one ought to invent a completely new form.’ Virginia Woolf. Continue reading Two Stories: Virginia Woolf and Mark Haddon
I have written a piece for the Spectator Health pages on Scoliosis for Scoliosis Awareness Day 2017. Click here to read it.
I’m thrilled that it’s the second most popular story on the site!
Somehow I am always drawn to visiting Wimbledon.
It must be the time of year… With tennis firmly in my mind. Continue reading Wimbledon Village
Something we’ll all be needing this week. Deodorant! Here are my favourites, mainly natural, one in between and one you’ll all know and love. Continue reading The Best Deodorants
You know summer has arrived when your mind wanders, unprompted, to thoughts of iced coffee. Luckily you won’t need to travel further than your kitchen for the ultimate choice in chilled, caffeinated beverages.
‘Books are essentially a social medium’ we are told in the short story Mrs Bennet by Penelope Lively. If that is true (and I believe it is), then short stories are surely the most gregarious form of literature. Continue reading The Purple Swamp Hen And Other Stories by Penelope Lively
I wrote a piece on Literature and Gardens for Spectator Life Online. Click here to read it.
‘Beneath a Mexican Sky’ is one of the most eye-catching gardens.
It’s that time of year again!
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show Press Day.
