original art in colour and texture
Families have secrets and the very wealthy Norris family who began building the beautiful Speke Hall Tudor Manor c1530 had more than many. The ‘riddles’ of Speke Hall connect to the practice of the Catholic faith banned under the rule of Henry V111 and later Elizabeth 1. It was such […]
Quaking Bogs and Biking in Delamere Forest Delamere Forest today (Forestry Commission) is all that remains of a great Norman hunting forest (wild boar, and deer) which once covered much of Cheshire but what a terrific place to take off in and ‘let off steam’! There’s even a ‘Go-Ape’ course, […]
The much-loved allotments in this Buckinghamshire village, with their far-reaching views over pungent oil-seed rape fields in spring, yield endless opportunities for arty inspiration – as well as for gleaning good horticultural advice! The sheds, of whatever vintage, stand proud – their own structural community. Purple blooms of the Allium […]