Herry's Journal

Donald Friend I have been lucky enough to visit the Art Gallery of New South Wales several times, most notably for the Freida Kahlo e...

Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Peter Lawford who - with Sammy Davis Jnr and Joey Bishop - comprised The Rat Pack This photo comes from ...

I avoided writing anything about the EU Referendum here as I, along with the majority of voters, hardly credited the possibility of Leave w...

The garden is now pretty mature, having first been planted in the autumn of 2013 and the spring of 2014. The yew hedge is about four feet ...

The view over Stockbridge and the Test Valley towards Stockbridge Down on a summer evening

I first visited the gardens of Heale House near Salisbury over 25 years ago and remember them - and the glorious C16th house - as par...

On a memorable performance of Spontini's La Vestale, by Bernard Levin 1979 was The Year of the Missing Lemon Juice. The Theatre Roya...

I visited Ashtall Manor for the on form sculpture exhibition two years ago and found it and the Bannerman-designed garden beautiful. V...

This famous poem, written by John Dunne in 1624, was read out on stage at Glastonbury by PJ Harvey in June 2016 following the Refere...

Chelsea Flower Show 2016 was as interesting as ever, both for the superb show gardens (especially the 'Best In Show' Telegraph g...