A little pocket of summer has burst its lovely contents upon us over the last few days the culminating enjoyment of which was an afternoon drive through the leafy byways of the Chilterns as we attempted to deliver a friend to the new Garsington opera venue at Wormsley, near Stokenchurch without using the M40. And […]

Weeks spent refining, reducing and reallocating possessions still leave us with  more than can be easily fitted into our little artisan’s cottage in Islington. Visits to charity shops and the local authority tip are a daily occurrence, the incinerator thrums constantly with the burning of a couple of lifetimes of bank statements and long-kept, but […]