Just a quick note to say that the Cambridge Festival of Ideas starts today. Their programme is hugely wide, from a plant orchestra at the Botanic Gardens to curators at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology sharing their favourite pieces from the museum, to an Intaglio printmaking workshop, plus talks, performances, hands on workshops. It’s [...]
Entries from October 21st, 2009
East Anglian Herbal
October 18th, 2009 No Comments
I’ve written before about East Anglian illuminated manuscripts – the area was a byword for particular beauty in Medieval times. Bibliodyssey (a great book illustration blog) has a wonderful post on lovely pattern book – Tudor rather than earlier, part bestiary, part herbal, a collection of interesting things that caught the artist’s eye.
The animals range [...]
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Foraging in the hedgerows – Hips and Haws
October 11th, 2009 1 Comment
Spending a too-short weekend at home before going back to the city, loving the crisp autumn weather. I’ve spent as much time outside as possible, preparing the garden for winter, painting the arch that leads to the vegetable garden and going for a long walk today. The hedgerows are groaning under berries this year – [...]
Tags: foraging in hedgerows · hawthorn berries · homemade jellies · rosehips