This is a self-indulgent little pictorial essay to mark the publication of my 250th blog Lisa the Jacob ewe Whitefaced Woodland lambs Hebridean ewes and lambs waiting for more … [Read more]
Surreal in Suffolk III: art on Aldeburgh beach
Art on Aldeburgh beach is not an unknown or uncontentious subject; but a recent episode, local and petty in several respects, involves an internationally-known sculptor, Antony Gormley, defending his art against the 'villain' of the tale, a London … [Read more]
Surreal in Suffolk II: Wickham Market railway station
Wickham Market railway station is actually in Campsea Ashe, four kms. east of the eponymous small town. It is indeed rather strange to come across an apparently working railway station, as it were in the middle of nowhere. Yet it is a station of some … [Read more]
Surreal in Suffolk I: the East Suffolk Line
The East Suffolk Line is a thing, if not of beauty, then of infinite wonder. It wombles its way from Ipswich to Lowestoft, a journey not many people seem to want to make, particularly during this last year when the train has often carried literally … [Read more]
Towards a refurbished studio
It's exactly a year now since the first moves were taken nationally to combat Covid 19. In one sense, not much has happened since then, particularly in my personal life and work. Basically I've done nothing of significance, although merely surviving … [Read more]
‘Highly inflammable clutter’
I thought this a lovely phrase just as a phrase; but it becomes even better when you know that it is 'highly inflammable clutter all over the walls.' The phrase is Steve Bell's, used in his strip cartoon in the Guardian. The words are spoken by a … [Read more]
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