Traena
24 August 2010 // Music //On Water
by Luke Turner For most of the year, the flat grey cliffs, steep-sided inlets, rocky drowned valleys, and rolling slopes (richly carpeted with moss and wild flowers) of the Traena archipelago are home to just 400 people. Some work in the tourist industry, looking after guests in chalets painted red in the Scandinavian fashion. The [...]
The Buzz
by Helen Bullard. Outside our house the North Sea slips past; back and forth – the tidal pull of fish and men. The bank – on their side – slips with silt and ships and, further down, fishing boats. Our side is a fertile bed of razor grass and sea beat. When the July sun [...]
Rocky Shores
A Guide to Coastal Birds. Episode 3. BBC Radio 4, today at 14.45. Listen now on the iplayer. from the BBC website: 3/5. Brett Westwood is joined by keen bird watcher Stephen Moss on the Devonshire coast. With the help of wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson they offer a practical and entertaining guide to birds [...]
Steve’s Been Fishing
Jeff, As requested a few snaps from the ‘mighty’ tidal Trent. Having said that, it was all rather benign, very low levels, a subdued flow and a very small tidal range. Made this rank amateur’s job much easier. The clear water and low-levels made the gravel simple to find and armed with a bit of [...]
Things To Take To Norfolk
In the first part of the 1990′s I spent a lot of time having a lot of fun with a band called The Rockingbirds. Their debut record – which we released on Heavenly in ’92 and re-released in 2008 – has more than stood the test of time and I don’t need a drink inside [...]
Message From The Country
19 August 2010 // Message From The Country
Our friend Ben Myers left London for pastures new – he promised to send us a card whenever inspiration grabbed him… here’s another postal message from our man in the North. Ben Myers, Man of Letters. read previous Messages.
Four Hedges
Four Hedges: A Gardener’s Chronicle. Written and engraved by Clare Leighton Little Toller Books, Stanbridge, Wimborne Minster, 2010. Introduced by Carol Klein Review by Martin Davies. Surrounded by the clamour of iPod and Kindle, it is good to come across a book that quietly lets us know that the printed page is still doing perfectly [...]
Letter From Arcadia
dp thanks for your telegram. whilst you were panning for gold in the godforsaken pit i was bounty hunting too, chasing shoals of silver in hell’s ditch off a long shingle barrage beach that was thrown up in the storm of ’87. a short walk from the public bar of the wellington public house, in [...]
Matt Sewell & Sambrooks Brewery
16 August 2010 // Matt's Bird of the Week //Miscellany
A set of four advertising postcards drawn and designed by Matt Sewell for Sambrook’s Brewery of Battersea (makers of our favourite Wandle ale). A box of these arrived at the office on Friday and while we have them we’ll add a set to all orders of books, t shirts and bags from the Caught by [...]
Postcard from Lapland
16 August 2010 // Miscellany //Nick's Pics
from Nick Small. A super-volcano under the house, hotel rooms in tall trees, exploring for gold and fishing: well it certainly hasn’t been dull in the Boreal Forest this year. Kent Lindvall runs Fishing North , whilst his wife Britta has her homely, 1930/50 styled guest house in Harads, Swedish Lapland. When the forest behind [...]
