Magnon's Meanderings

When I first bought my larger family house in Brighton back in about 1985, we had milk delivered every morning. The children were still at s...

My mother was a reasonably plain cook until she discovered Elizabeth David. Then she became more adventurous and even experimental. Her main...

This poor old painting was left in the garage, and has since almost fallen apart. 20-odd years of damp and neglect have taken its toll. It i...

I used to have a friend called 'Puffin'; in fact I wrote about him back in March of last year. He was a rather solitary figure, who ...

We are very lucky where we live. At the end of our road, about 60 metres away, is the mid 14th Century 'village church' of old Brigh...

Never a dull moment. Yesterday, whilst dog-walking, Lady Magnon found a couple of plastic cards in the churchyard; maybe it was even Billy w...

I love Flint walls. In her fascinating 1936 book 'Sussex Cottage', Esther Meynell briefly talks of her love for Flint walls. Having ...