Magnon's Meanderings

You can probably see by the state of this book that it's been read many many times; mostly by me. The book is dated 1937, so it was pre-...

I'm not a great 'flower' gardener, but I do like to see plenty of colour around. Perennials are my answer. The Oleanders this ye...

In the North of France, as far as the eye can see it's Wheat, Wheat, and more Wheat. In the Southern Languedoc it's Vines, Vines, Vi...

I'm not showing the now-famous video of the horse being whipped, as I find it tasteless and upsetting. Animal welfare has always been an...

  Anyone who has read Solzhenitsyn's 'Cancer Ward' will probably remember the desperate search for a miracle cure amongst the Ca...

I have now moved my sleeping arrangements from the house to 'The Tower' as I do most summers. It's a very friendly little buildi...

  I've known the name Penelope Lively for many years, but her work has never come my way; nor have I sought it out. Lady M had just fini...