Nick Harper plays the 100 Club
Ah! Nick Harper again, the man who as I’ve said before, has more talent in…
A moment with David Attenborough
Last night I dreamt me and Moth arrived in New Zealand and met David Attenborough, who was expecting us and greeted us like old friends. He took us to see an elephant seal colony… Fantasy perhaps, but today part of that dream came true. I met my hero, …
The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
Last year when we were travelling through Southern Africa, as we travelled north through Botswana, one of my fellow explorers, Jenny, handed me a book having finished it and asked ‘would I like to borrow it?’ I told her that I found novels almost impos…
What a fool believes
Rowan Williams is not a fluffy benign cleric, he is naive, foolish and danger…
Vincent’s harvest landscape
I’ve been working on this painting Vincent’s harvest landscape since October and I’ve finally completed it: It’s based on Vincent’s own painting Harvest landscape which he painted in July 1888: His painting is such a joyous celebration of the landscape to the east of Arles and I find it deeply moving. I could dissect it [...]









