Unmitigated England

I'm sorry there hasn't been a post since last November, but I've decided after eleven years to close the blog. But all is not...

The subdued lights of the Jaguar's dashboard gave Philip's face a greenish pallor as he eased the big car into the entrance to a f...

Put 'holiday car pennants' into Google and you'll get a lot of flag waving from folks offering car hire at £4 a day. All but f...

Two very satisfying books to look out for. Produced by the English Country Cheese Council, and published by Harrap's in 1957, they are...

To Norfolk, to see dear friends in the remarkably-named village of Seething. Actually they're just outside, so perhaps it should be call...

Well, it's ten years now. Actually the birthday was on Saturday, ten years since I chose this picture of a very pink panther sitting i...

It's amazing what you can discover in the seemingly well-trodden landscape of one's own locality. I've been out there on the h...