A bright but blustery day with the air full of bombarding beech nuts I braved the latter and took advantage of the comparative warmth to photograph this quilt on the fence at the end of the garden. Although not old as quilts go, it had been a material witness to the early life of my […]

 A few years ago when we first came to Oxfordshire I spent one day a week with the Cathedral Embroiderers in Christ Church. The Cathedral is unique amongst English cathedrals in also being a college chapel and this, along with it being comparatively small as cathedrals go, mean that it is always bustling and busy. […]