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Diary Notes from England: Newby Hall

April 25, 2019

APPARENTLY THE PRINCE OF WALES visits Newby Hall in Yorkshire once a year to view its garden beds—such is its reputation as a garden of significance and agreeable design. With each house we view on my research tour, I discover something different and each house has its strengths, that  is clear. Newby is made all …

 

Diary Notes from England: Castle Howard

April 17, 2019

    SOMEONE ONCE TOLD me in a past life I was a bawdy, flame-headed actress in mid-nineteenth century, York. If you believe in that sort of thing. I’ve always thought this must have explained my thwarted desires to be a world famous film star, but after seeing Castle Howard—this must have been misguided. Surely. …

 

Diary Notes from England: Hills, Mills and Literary Sensibilities

April 13, 2019

  Day 1 – The Reunion.   I’ve always said I don’t do hills – especially steep ones – let alone those of the positively vertiginous type. Well, slap that out of me! Hebden Bridge, in the heart of the far flung wilds of West Yorkshire, is like the little mining towns I remember from …

 

Diary Notes from England: Shropshire, Stoke and Sheffield – Strange Bedfellows

April 5, 2019

I AM EXTREMELY BEHIND. The last week has been somewhat frenetic getting ready for a combined family 21st and 20th birthday in the Kirk household, and I’ve headed off on a train to Hebden Bridge to visit my old English teacher for a couple of nights. Part of an especially writing-focussed tour been to indulge …

 

Diary Notes from England: London Design Week

March 20, 2019

AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, in addition to the London Book Fair, the first weeks of spring are also host to London Design Week – and I just happen to be travelling with Sophie, who is an interior designer. Clapping hands here. We pop into Chelsea Harbour, for a little look at some beautiful show …

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