Herry's Journal

We are all chained to fortune: the chain of one is made of gold, and wide, while that of another is short and rusty. But what difference...

'Ascension' by John Maine RA A service was held in Hereford Cathedral on 17th October 2017 to dedicate a window and sculptur...

I have always loved Turner's paintings from afar but an exhibition of a few lovely pictures from the Tate at the Winchester...

 I hadn't come across this marvellous little book by Nadine Brun-Cosme until Maria Popova wrote about it in her weekly  Brain ...

I value friendship more highly than love, of which it is a part, perhaps the greatest part. It is free of the tiresome jealousies and over...

The way you can go isn’t the real way. The name you can say isn’t the real name. Heaven and earth begin in the unnamed: name’s th...

People have varying levels of intelligence. Most people consider themselves to be intelligent, of course, and it can be very hard to get a...

Agapanthus by Nigel Burkitt A fine piece, guidance particularly for those near the beginning of their lives (though I am not sure abou...

It is sad to see the end of Cadogan, the clothes shop in the Square in Winchester owned and run by Alex Edwards. It was the only indepen...

Lime Wood , in the New Forest near Lyndhurst, is the principal hotel in the Pig Group created by Robin Hutson. It's pretty spectacu...