Landscapism

A common leitmotif of writings and commentary on landscapes - both urban and rural - is that wildness, and nature it self, is on the ret...

Fine map that neatly shows the (literal) powerhouses and important landmarks of the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution in Britain. ...

Ley lines are not for me as a credible theory but, like ghost stories and other esoteric and arcane ideas, for a rationale observer wh...

Dial Garreg: the Revenge Stone. The remains of the cross commemorating the murder of Richard de Clare, Marcher Lord, in 1136. ...

Its the time of year when my pile of 'on the go' and 'to read' books reaches a critical mass, boosted by Christmas prese...

Despite the obvious seriousness of the current ash dieback outbreak, I have to admit to having observed the crisis with a certai...

Cycling to and from work today, through a frozen, sub-zero landscape, I have been drawn into my favourite landscape painting, P ieter B...

  River Song , the opening track on Dennis Wilson's solo album Pacific Ocean Blue personifies a yearning for a more simple relati...

The Castle: medieval Redcastle? " Red Castle, in Welsh Castell-coch, was a small manor at the lower end of the Hattrel Hill a...

I'm currently enjoying the BFI box set of BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas . Mostly adaptations of classic M.R. James stories, th...