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I’ve written several times before about the International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire but not since 2021 so I thought it was about time for an update after this year’s visit. Chaumont  is a wonderful combination of a Renaissance chateau, full … Continue reading →

Many people are passionate about plants but today’s post is about a 19th gardener, author and editor who went one stage further, gave up his promising career as an academic  and devoted much of his life to writing about plants … Continue reading →

After last week’s post about William Wrighte and his  Grotesque Architecture today I’m going to look at his contemporary, and almost namesake,  Thomas Wright for whom he’s often mistaken and not just because of their names. They were both architects … Continue reading →

I often write pieces on here about obscure or forgotten  figures but usually when I say  something like “very little is known about their life” there is actually just about enough information to construct a mini-biography before  looking at their … Continue reading →