Herry's Journal

Ramesh Balsekar the great Advaita master, has died. Click the heading for some photos of Ramesh and here for a letter from Wayne Liquor...

Photo by Froge on Flickr I have always admired John Bird and The Big Issue which he started 18 years ago to help homeless people earn...

As a counterpoint to Winchester Cathedral , which makes up in length what it lacks in height, I was lucky enough to pass nearby Salisbury C...

The Drapers' almshouse outings this year were for the first time to Winchester, a slightly lengthy journey for Queen Elizabeth's ...

Each time Winchester Cathedral yields more lovely views

All bad precedents have their origin in measures that at the time seemed good - Julius Ceasar Even the liberal lawyer Helena Kennedy QC admi...

Wiltshire farmland after harvest. Click for a larger view

Camellia by Masumi Yamanaka for the RHS To lean to draw a flower, it is best to place a blossoming plant in a deep hollow in the ground...

I have always admired the humble last words of Sir Isaac Newton, one of the greatest minds of any age: 'I do no...

It's a great art to be able to write well about wine. Most descriptions singularly fail to capture the experience. But this piece, ost...