Monthly Archives: November 2013

Way back when, in Norfolk and in my mid teens, I became used to the fact that my father spent his entire Sunday on the Ximenes crossword in the Observer newspaper. It was by far the most difficult crossword puzzle … Continue reading →

It’s 4 November, cold and wet and winter is dangerously close. It’s a time when plants start dying, if they haven’t done that already. But then this rose, months after the others bloomed and disappeared, is there all on its … Continue reading →