Hacks and experiments with cultural heritage content, from James Morley
Well, according to the FT Magazine article, Defining Moment – Japanese knotweed invades Britain, he was the person responsible for introducing Japanese knotweed to the British Isles, way back on 9 August 1850. Mind you, he also got up to some fairly dodgy dealings in its native Japan. Perhaps as Read more …
It’s nice to see the baobab story getting so much coverage, and even nicer to see that the editorial and factual quality of the articles, such as the new one on the BBC site (First taste of a magical fruit) is improving in leaps and bounds! It reminds me of Read more …
What could possibly be described using the following: – retro touch – aroma of wet corn – some fruit and hint of cardboard – proper nettley green hop aroma – Mellow wine gum citrus – buttery dunked Malted Milk – a hint of sting – Some cereal on the nose Read more …
The BBC is reporting that a New exotic fruit [is] to hit UK shops. New? What’s new about the baobab? Africa’s ‘upside down tree’. Well it’s certainly not a new species. It’s certainly not a new use. What appears to define this as ‘new’ is that the EU has just Read more …
This week sees a week off work building a summerhouse to replace the old shed. It’s a small garden (c. 10m x 5.5m) so the aim is to make it all rather more courtyard-like, with a small circular lawn in the middle. To capture the ‘before, during, and after’ (and Read more …
It’s no huge secret that taking pictures and writing about plants is just a hobby, but it’s all linked to my ‘real’ job, managing the website for Kew – www.kew.org. We’ve had a very busy period lately (which maybe explains why this blog has languished!), but this has culminated in Read more …