Ben's Posts

Memory of a View…
Considering cities, as I just was, I had a long, happy think back about my years in New York. Too many friends and memories to write about just now, but...
Memory of a View…
Considering cities, as I just was, I had a long, happy think back about my years in New York. Too many friends and memories to write about just now, but...

In Praise of the City
I suddenly began to get a nasty feeling that the blog was all about a rural idyll. Believe me, if I lived in Dorset all the time, I would go...
In Praise of the City
I suddenly began to get a nasty feeling that the blog was all about a rural idyll. Believe me, if I lived in Dorset all the time, I would go...


The King Penguins
I was thinking at the weekend about King Penguins. If you don't know these books, here are a few examples - ending with my very battered copy of Life in...
The King Penguins
I was thinking at the weekend about King Penguins. If you don't know these books, here are a few examples - ending with my very battered copy of Life in...


A pastoral moment
Earlier this week, at the end of a fairly exhausting few days of meetings at the end of a fairly exhausting month, I went for a little stroll through the...
A pastoral moment
Earlier this week, at the end of a fairly exhausting few days of meetings at the end of a fairly exhausting month, I went for a little stroll through the...