Stratford (upon Avon) looks great after its recent(ish) makeover. Shame about the nation-wide drop in cultural tourism.

Orchids on the march

Garden Museum Shed Everyone needs a garden shed The worries of the world to shed. Becalmed among those tools and seeds The perfect place that often seeds Thoughts of calm from which to hide From the growing wilderness outside. No wars are fought in a garden shed Just tomorrow's seeds ready to spread

Garden Museum Shed Everyone needs a garden shed The worries of the world to shed. Becalmed among those tools and seeds The perfect place that often seeds Thoughts of calm from which to hide From the growing wilderness outside. No wars are fought in a garden shed Just tomorrow's seeds ready to spread

The summer double edition of Prospect hits the streets (and the internet) today. Led off by a magisterial read by @OliverBullough on why our water companies are in the miserable mess they’re in

I see BlueSky now has over 32 million users. I am keen to use it more regularly but it needs a bigger user base

Statue of Henry Purcell, still one of Britain’s greatest composers, at Christchurch Gardens Victoria Street

Happy Christmas

Buds of Spring - a painted poem flic.kr/p/Lytzi8

In

Happy Christmas

Why do we sleep-walk to oblivion From war in Ukraine to the Palestinian. We ignore the lesson of 1914 Which led to a conflict unforeseen We are but one bit among trillions of galaxies Gifted with a thin layer of air What else will save the human race But the noble art of losing face Shortversion

Telegraph reports that the Observer made £3.4m last year, according to internal figures. An interesting new fact www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Everyone needs a garden shed The worries of the world to shed. Becalmed among those tools and seeds The perfect place that often seeds Thoughts of calm from which to hide From the growing wilderness outside. No wars are fought in a garden shed Just tomorrow's seeds ready to spread.