Ben's Posts
The Jewel garden
I think it was Monty Don (who's book, The Complete Gardener, is one which is by my bedside a lot) who coined the phrase the Jewel garden. When I drove...
The Jewel garden
I think it was Monty Don (who's book, The Complete Gardener, is one which is by my bedside a lot) who coined the phrase the Jewel garden. When I drove...
Autumn Parsonage
I drove down to Dorset late last night. It felt so good to be back at last. I woke to a morning of pouring rain, but this afternoon the clouds...
Autumn Parsonage
I drove down to Dorset late last night. It felt so good to be back at last. I woke to a morning of pouring rain, but this afternoon the clouds...
It’s not often…
...that you have a feeling that you have walked into a World of Interiors magazine. But I think the Villa Palagonia, in Bagheria, does it for me. Do you see...
It’s not often…
...that you have a feeling that you have walked into a World of Interiors magazine. But I think the Villa Palagonia, in Bagheria, does it for me. Do you see...
Where are all the happy old guys?
Try as I might, and I've been looking out since I've been back, but I haven't seen a single happy, contented old guy, just hanging out with his friends, in...
Where are all the happy old guys?
Try as I might, and I've been looking out since I've been back, but I haven't seen a single happy, contented old guy, just hanging out with his friends, in...
Sicilian Baroque
It's quite strange being back in London; soft, green and damp. If I show you some photographs of Sicily, do you know what I mean? I don't think life is...
Sicilian Baroque
It's quite strange being back in London; soft, green and damp. If I show you some photographs of Sicily, do you know what I mean? I don't think life is...