In bleak midwinter, evergreen plants come into their own this month and I had a great time visiting a nearby garden to get their full beauty. New year is a perfect to catch these stars at a nearby Botanic Garden and look out for the succulent plants. Here are some of my highlights that put a glimmer […]
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On walking into Bath Abbey the light that floods in from the many windows is striking. The stained glass window behind the altar has 56 panels each telling a story of the life of Christ. During World War II (in 1942) this was smashed during a bombing raid. Thankfully most of the glass was saved and […]
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There is modern art around the roads leading in towards the city that has a humour. Raphael the artist grew up here and the contrasts in the way the land is segmented into wedges of valleys above lush thriving lines of vegetation betray the structures in his composition. There is form in the […]
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Speaking English at school was probably a good plan in the long run but native language does mark a difference between who I am now and who I was when I stopped speaking Welsh as a child. There was a Welsh speaking school near Cowbridge, which was too far for me to travel to […]
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Reviving gardens that grow plants for healing properties is a lost art. Financial and political obstacles have historically been an issue. Dunstable Priory had a taxing time in the middle ages. Henry VIII imposed a new 10% income tax on all church lands in 1534. Dunstable’s Dominican Friary surrendered in 1536 and the Priory later […]
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