by Daisy Cameron-Eveleigh | 20 Nov, 2021 | Designers & Makers, In Print, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
If you are coming afresh to the work of visual artist Mark Hearld, it can be said that he is something of a polymath. Taking inspiration from nature, and with a collector’s encyclopaedic knowledge of British antiques, art and design, Mark’s energy and joy...
by Kathleen Murphy | 1 Jan, 2020 | Calendar Blogs, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
In this, the first of a series of posts written by Anneliese Appleby to accompany the forage themed Tinsmiths 2020 calendar, attention is turned to the nutrient-packed watercress plant. January: Watercress Other hedgerow forage found this month: Cowberry, Chickweed,...
by Renée Clive | 5 Oct, 2018 | Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
Here on the cropped grass of the narrow ridge I stand, A fathom of earth, alive in air, Aloof as an admiral on the old rocks England below me WH Auden 1936 Spread along the horizon to the north-east of Ledbury, stretches the bumpy spine of the Malvern Hills: a...
by Kathleen Murphy | 1 Jul, 2013 | Calendar Blogs, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
What a pleasant start to my day – a sunny walk around one of the 300 acres of Pixley Berries blackcurrant fields, with views to the Malverns and berries just starting to turn colour. Herefordshire has a long history of growing blackcurrants, the climate and...
by claredelatorre | 9 Feb, 2011 | Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
We may yet be in for some more chilly weather but walking along the Loden near my home at the weekend there were definitely signs of Spring. So, as I had my little camera in my pocket, I thought a splash of these on the blog might be uplifting. The Winter Aconites are...
