Sizergh The Day
I’ve visited a lot of National Trust properties during my adult life. In the 1980s & 1990’s it was as an actor/researcher with their young people’s theatre company, devising and staging immersive dramas. More recently I was a welcome host then garden volunteer at Cherryburn, the Tyne valley farm that was Thomas Bewick’s childhood home. But…
Linhay Restored
In June 2022 I published a country diary titled ‘Linhay, Tallet and Barn.’ https://stephentomlin.co.uk/2022/06/27/linhay-tallet-and-barn/ Traditional west country farm buildings might be something of a minority interest but the spirit of my friend Tom’s writing style comes shining through and the story of their restoration updates my earlier blog. Linhays, Lintels and Lunkeys by Tom Roskilly,…
Physic Visit
A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all, it teaches entire trust. Gertrude Jekyll There’s something of a thrill to be had in stepping out of a noisy London street into an old walled garden. And not just any green urban oasis but the…
Medieval Treasures
Where are the men who came before us/ Who led hounds and hawks to the hunt, / Who commanded fields and woods? / Where are the elegant ladies in their boudoirs / Who braided gold through their hair / And had such fair complexions? Extract from an anonymous poem c. 1275, trans. Michael R Burch)…
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