I like spring. Well, I like autumn too, but spring has the flowers! First the white ones - snowdrops. Than the yellow ones - daffodils and primroses. Than the blue ones. As a child, I remember ‘going bluebelling’. We did it every year, with my Gran. This was before the Wildlife and Countryside Act of… Continue reading Bluebell season
Tag: National Trust
Church and the new normal
What does church look like here, now, two years into the pandemic?
Living in the between-times: rules and spontaneity
I don't go to gardens for chaos: there's enough of that already.
Regaining the Trust
Today was very special. We returned to one of my special places: the National Trust's The Vyne. Back on 20 March, as lockdown descended, I blogged about my sadness at the closure of my very favourite National Trust site, Greys Court. Over the past few years it has been watching the seasons change, particularly in… Continue reading Regaining the Trust
Sanity in a time of coronavirus
It is an effort, a huge effort, to remain calm and act normally when the world seems to have gone mad, and for all of us there will be some tipping point at which we can't put on a brave face any longer
The retiring academic 