A much indulged tendency towards curlicues in my embroidery means it’s easy to be drawn towards the complex interlacings found on every page of The Book of Kells, that singular manuscript of the 4 Gospels dating from about 800 AD which is attributed to the Iona Scriptoium, whether at Iona in Scotland or Kells […]

  Missing my country bus journeys with spring greenery and floral awakening, I was overjoyed to  find a wonderful green grocer in Cirencester selling trays of early bulbs  – especially those little Tête á Tête daffodils and tiny narcissi, both of which are ideal for a small garden like ours. Two days running I bought […]