Surlingham private pool
One form of sharing that I particularly love is sharing a private swimming pool. I love swimming but I’m a long way from a public pool and they never thrill me too much at the best of times. So I was delighted when I moved to Norfolk a year ago to find [...]
This made me smile. I’m going to WOMAD again this year, down at Charlton Park in Wiltshire. I haven’t been since it moved from Reading, even though I know Charlton quite well as I lived there for a few years as a child.
As I browsed through the WOMAD website, I found this lovely thread on [...]
I’ve just commented on an article in last week’s Economist, my favourite newspaper. I don’t remember ever reading about allotments in it before, so this probably reflects the substantial change in the middle classes that make up their readership over the last year or so. Tending your allotment is no longer the preserve of slightly [...]
Last Sunday I was in the audience at the BBC’s The Big Questions programme. I went along because one of the questions being discussed was “Is it still acceptable to have a second home?” As you might expect my view is generally “yes, but I’d be happier if you shared it”.
One of the panellists was [...]