The Quest for England
It is still lockdown here in the UK, but while out on my permitted walk, I wanted to seek out the house that playwright and theatre director, Harold Pinter, lived in for a couple of years in the early 1960s here in Worthing, West Sussex.Harold Pinter is famous for writing such plays as The Caretaker […]
Happy Easter. Welcome to the Sunday Chat. This is a chance to catch up on the last week or more and remind you of some of the video I have produced during the lockdown period. All the videos are still online and if you have missed any you can easily find them on my Youtube […]
We are still in lockdown in England, but I have crept out to Goring-by-Sea, as the railway calls it, which is about 3 miles from my house, to have a look at another section of English coastline. While there are older properties in Goring, down by the coast it is mainly houses from the 1930s […]
My father died from dementia two and a half years ago, and my sister and I were left his house, which we have agreed to sell. But the process has been difficult and not helped by being caught in a long chain. Today, I go back to look at Dad’s house which waits desperately for […]
As I record this video I am still suffering from a bad back, thus been unable to get out. Not that one can go far because of the continuing Covid19 crisis and the lockdown situation.Instead, I have taken the opportunity to think about future plans once the virus pandemic is over.Also, thank you to everyone […]
I have been a great admirer of naturalist and author, Richard Jefferies, for years. Today, I visit his grave at the Broadwater and Worthing Cemetery. John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 – 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and […]