The animal rights organisation,, Animal Aid, says that around sixty million pheasants and partridges are bred each year in the UK, to be shot. It doesn’t say there are all shot. Some might escape or die before growing old enough to be driven into the air. Or they might escape the guns and live out … Read more
These are two views of buildings in what is called New Town, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Edinburgh. New Town was built in stages between 1765 and the middle of the 1800s. Wandering around the streets, you can see neo-classical and Georgian period architecture all around. And New Town isn’t just a … Read more
A Sweet View It was a sweet view – sweet to the eye and the mind. English verdure, English culture, English comfort, seen under a sun bright, without being oppressive. – from ‘Emma’, Jane Austen’s novel published in 1815 Jane Austen had lived for six years in this redbrick 18th century house called Chawton Cottage … Read more