by Kathleen Murphy | 16 Jun, 2013 | Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
Every year, in the second or third week of June, I try to get along to see what graduating students at Hereford College of Arts have been creating. The show is open to the public and this year the college asked me to a preview to meet students in their last few days...
by Kathleen Murphy | 17 May, 2013 | Calendar Blogs, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
Daring to scrump a bite of one of the millions of little apples from the acres and acres of Herefordshire orchards will inevitably result in the screwing-up of the mouth and ejecting of its contents. These are not dessert apples, not for the table, these little apples...
by claredelatorre | 5 Nov, 2012 | Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
If you are feeling a bit “bah humbug” about Christmas I urge you to read (or re-read) “The Box of Delights” by John Masefield. Written in 1935, our family has a ritual of reading it every year on the run up to Christmas, a ritual which I am...
by claredelatorre | 22 Jul, 2012 | Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
One of our favorite Shopshire towns is Much Wenlock and on a recent visit to the town I was startled to read a claim that the town hosted the first Olympic Games. Dr William Penny Brookes, a local surgeon, established the first Wenlock Olympian Games in 1850. Looking...
by claredelatorre | 11 Apr, 2012 | Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond, Tinsmiths Exhibitions & Events
For our ‘St. Jude’s at Tinsmiths’ 2012 exhibition, Ed Kluz has produced this enigmatic collage ‘Hope End’. Ed’s work is often related to architecture & of late Ed has become fascinated with lost houses & their stories. ‘Hope End’, the site of which is a...
