Tag: Royal art collection
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Ben Elton; the ex-prince and the royal art collection; good and bad news for nature
I have recently finished Ben Elton’s autobiography and enjoyed it very much – he is at the very least always easy to read. He was at Manchester University not long before me and as students we adored The Young Ones. He has of course been extraordinarily prolific and I read several of his many novels…
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Even more fungi, the Tree Register and a not so welcome presence in my hair
A leisurely two and a half mile walk through Bowdown Woods this time, a BBOWT reserve which is surprisingly situated not far from Newbury and Thatcham, Berkshire and close to a road (although not the way my satnav tortuously sent me, through a long line of industrial estates). I saw all of two other people…