For over thirty years, our London home has been in Richmond. It is a borough celebrated for its open spaces and parks (these include the magnificent royal park on Richmond Hill), its waterside (for 34 kilometres the Thames forms the town’s western edge), its fine architecture, its history and, at a personal level, the longevity…
Art and More in Tréguennec
Just over four months ago, there was a most welcome change in Tréguennec. On 21 March, 2026 to be precise, a new Mayor was elected and in no time the atmosphere in our tiny village with its 326 voters began to change. By two ingenious moves - one domestic, one cultural - Jean-Daniel Mao and…
Moments that Eased Two Horrors of Paris.
Over the years I have learned how to get round large areas of central Paris. My introduction started sixty years ago when Rohan was a student of philosophy at the Sorbonne, and I a medical student in London, and I would go to visit her. When there, she showed me her favourite haunts, and of…
Lee Miller: A Challenging, Intrepid and Gifted photographer.
When I think about famous photographers, I usually know more about the photos they have taken rather than who they are. Obviously, there are exceptions, and one is the American photographer Lee Miller. Over the last twenty years there have been many attempts at telling Miller’s extraordinary story and of these I have seen four.…
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