My “soon to be published” book Its Not About The Wine telling of our wine adventures over the past 50 years has a chapter simply entitled England! It highlights the rise of English wines in recent years, especially sparkling wines… Read More ›
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Sculpture in the vineyard …. a stunning exhibition!
There’s more to wine than wine tasting, which is why I probably overuse the phrase “it’s not about the wine”. So, at the risk of being repetitive …. there are many reasons for visiting a vineyard and not all of… Read More ›
Wines & Vines under those “Dreaming Spires”
First a little historical stuff! Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire and famous worldwide for its prestigious university, the oldest in the English-speaking world. In his poem ‘Thyrsis’ the Victorian poet Matthew Arnold called Oxford ‘the city of dreaming spires’… Read More ›
Only the educated are free …… so stop moaning!
Epictetus, the Stoic philosopher, has always been a favourite of mine alongside Epicurus and Socrates. One of his lasting pronouncements was “Only the educated are free”, a phrase we originally used as the motto of our new primary education charity… Read More ›
WordPress Photo Challenge: Rounded …… in Oxford #2
Oxford Museum of Natural History is my venue for a second photo in this weeks Photo Challenge. It’s internal roof structure is a magnificent lattice of straight cast iron girders, occasionally interrupted by ….. a circle! Why, I have no… Read More ›
WordPress Photo Challenge: Rounded …… in Oxford
I took this photo a while back in Oxford of the rounded Radcliffe Camera building, designed by James Gibbs to house the Radcliffe Science Library of the University in 1737. I couldn’t resist a photo splash effect with the student… Read More ›
WordPress Photo Challenge: Structure-Ancient & Modern
Structure-Ancient & Modern Structure defines shape, gives strength, and is a controller in the “man made world”. Much of my photography seeks out structure especially in architecture as we travel the world and I offer three contrasting examples from The… Read More ›
