I suppose the question I have been trying to pose over the last couple of posts has been : are we in danger of losing our sense of the ‘romantic’ in the pursuit of the rationally ‘perfect’? The late Victorians … Continue reading
In my last post I was waxing lyrical about the way that history and ruins in particular were romanticized in the 19thc, and how gradually Ruskin’s idea of trusteeship of the ‘national heritage’ were adapted and adopted. This came at … Continue reading
I’m a hoarder and always have been. I’ve also been interested in history all my life and even as a child I collected anything and everything in the hope that one day it would come in ‘useful’. Having written last … Continue reading
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Winter walks seem to be one of the main topics in the garden-related press at the moment – although most of them will have been written before the weather prevented most of us from going anywhere! The Daily Telegraph, for … Continue reading
When we started planning this blog we thought what better way to start than by suggesting a winter walk through one of our great historic gardens and landscapes. Unfortunately the weather probably stopped most of us being able to do … Continue reading
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