The Hearth of Mopsus

Well, it is , with my usual three lanterns, one to go down to the churchyard - I couldn't locate any suitable turnips this year and h...

A small group of elderly ladies make their way from a midweek service at a not-very-remarkable Surrey church. They are all very happy, and...

It was the annual Memorial Service today. Preparing for it I found myself reflecting on how I'd become  aware while at Lamford that ther...

This seems like an appropriate heading for St Crispin's Day, although my post refers to yesterday, a feast day of nobody in particular. ...

By 7.40 nobody had turned up for the meeting. I knew Hannah the churchwarden was singing with a choir, and Daniel the Treasurer was away; I ...

In contrast to most places you might stay, the Landmark Trust emphatically does not provide you with a large TV and a set of DVDs: instead...

Before I set off for Warwickshire last week, the first act of my Autumn break was to stand very awkwardly in the drizzle outside the Counc...