Salisbury Plain The 1949 page of our old family photo album is confidently captioned ‘Bournemouth’ but neglects any images of the Hampshire Riviera resort. Not to worry. They say that getting there is half of [more…]
As 2nd cities go Kaunas, seems at least, at first glance, to be a pretty unprepossessing sort of place regardless of whether you arrive by air, road or rail. Arriving by train reveals an industrial [more…]
Welcome to 2024 Postaliers. A new year, undoubtedly filled to the brim with the same old bollix. At least, so long as I’m able to maintain my concentration, you’ll have my fortnightly diary to take [more…]
Part 1 of this series featured 3 glass pieces of art from my collection. In the second part I take a look at some other forms of art, the first of which is a print [more…]
The 1949 page of our old family photo album is confidently captioned ‘Bournemouth’ but neglects any images of the Hampshire Riviera resort. Not to worry. They say that getting there is half of the fun [more…]
It’s been a while since I last did an article about art and thought I would take a few pictures of some of my best and most treasured items. The first is our most recent [more…]
In no particular order are here my 12 wines of Christmas with the descriptions as found online From left to right Mersault J.M. Boillot 2019Beautifully crisp and textural Meursault with fresh white fruit and striking [more…]
What do you or your family know about Christmas, and how it’s been celebrated and portrayed over the years? 120 Christmas questions! Doing the whole quiz in one go might be a bit much for [more…]
Having been presented with the key to the door, my wilful 21-year-old self used the opportunity to close the lock tightly behind him and allow the trade winds to billow his sails north, all the [more…]
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