Monday, 31 January 2011

Hampshire Views - Stocks Farm and Old Winchester Hill

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These somewhat blurred images* are of Stocks cottages under Old Winchester Hill , part of Stocks Farm where I was brought up. The lan...
Saturday, 22 January 2011

Slideshows and the Little Prince

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The Powerpoint slideshows that arrive frequently from friends usually contain a series of stunning images backed by a soulful soundtrack,...
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Friday, 21 January 2011

Favourite Poetry - Akhmatova

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I first came across Akhmatova when reading The Life of Isaiah Berlin by Michael Ignatieff , and was interested in his veneration of her bot...
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Thursday, 20 January 2011

Treasure Islands and the Avoidance of Tax

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I have been reading this fascinating book with increasing distaste for the concept that one should spend much time and money minimising one...

Favourite Poetry - Reluctance

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Reluctance Out through the fields and the woods And over the walls I have wended; I have climbed the hills of view And looked at the world a...
Saturday, 15 January 2011

The Drapers' New Year Service

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Some of St Michael's Choir at lunch at the Drapers' Hall The City New Year Service is traditionally held at St Michaels', ...
Tuesday, 4 January 2011

The Scottish Borders

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The Countryside above Selkirk. Click for a larger view The funeral of one of my parents' dearest friends took me to the Scottish Bor...
Monday, 27 December 2010

Favourite Places - Dartmoor

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Dartmoor on Christmas Day 2010

Favourite Places - Plymouth

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Plymouth Hoe, Drake's Island and Mount Edgcumbe on Christmas Day
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Monday, 20 December 2010

Favourite Places - Stocks Farm

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Stocks Down Farm in the snow