Hacks and experiments with cultural heritage content, from James Morley
These may appear at first glance to be odd bedfellows, but they all seem to share the dubious honour of having received a letter from a Mr Morello, who I have just discovered is a near neighbour of mine. What he does is not something I can easily explain, so Read more …
Leucanthemum X superbum (shasta daisy) More flower pictures… Buy a print or poster of this picture online…
It turned out to be a bit breezy in london yesterday. A driver was killed by falling tree, Kew Gardens shut to the public over safety fears, and bicycle journeys were taking either half the time or five times as long, depending on which way you were travelling. By coincidence Read more …
I don’t do envy, certainly not of the serious destructive type, but there’s something about the Gardener To The Big House blog that makes me very jealous of Bob. Not only does he get to look after what appears to be a magnificent old garden, but he also seems to Read more …
Miss Potter, the film about the life of Beatrix Potter, opens in the UK in the New Year (www.misspottermovie.co.uk) It would seem that not only did Beatrix Potter have a love of nature, she was an accomplished botanical artist, and it is also claimed that “an uncle attempted to introduce Read more …
I bought a newspaper for the first time in ages yesterday, an early edition of the London Evening Standard, on my way back from finishing the Christmas shopping. I was struck by the way the stories were arranged, and am left asking myself this question: why is it that all Read more …