This has been a trying week for so many people living near rivers. The college archivist has hardly lived in her house in Oxford since Christmas as the rising water makes the drains unusable. She and her cat are fortunate to have found a home in a friend’s house; her neighbours have portaloos in the […]

During long winter evenings I always have several different projects on the go. I now find I can’t embroider white on white under artificial light and have recently given up using a lamp that simulates daylight as it stops me from going to sleep, however tired I may be. (Immediately I stopped using it, I […]