For some months now – well, probably more than 2 years  judging by the dates on the paintings – Martin Beek has become a familiar figure in the local landscape – sometimes standing so still at his easel as to have become almost part of the landscape. If the weather wasn’t good enough for him […]

It was my turn to make a work birthday cake – this time for the Archivist’s birthday. I had in mind my foolproof standby recipe for a chocolate cake which I have regularly churned out for birthdays since my children were little but I joked as I left the library that it would probably end […]