Unmitigated England

I've enjoyed the variety of weather this year as much as any I can remember. I'm not one for excessive heat, retiring as I tend ...

  We've just spent a little time on the Suffolk coast. Southwold to be more precise, or Adnams-on-Sea as I shall now call it. ...

I have been much exercised recently by thoughts concerning Ben Wheatley's new film A Field in England . On the first viewing I got to...

So there we were, motoring between tall hedges with the twin towers above their lonely beach playing peek-a-boo with us as we edged neare...

So, there I was, roaming disconsolately around 'History Live!' the new wizzy and slightly queasy name for English Heritage's...

There can perhaps be nothing more English than watching an event in the pouring rain.   C onsidering the recent spell of excellent weath...

I've made some decisions this week, q uite apart from re-starting my blog. But first a very big thankyou for to all those followers w...