Category: News

Cousin Berenice visited East Lodge for the first time. Naturally we gravitated towards the sea, south cove to see sand martin’s and a disappearing coast. Wonderful to swim in the sea for the first time this year. I wouldn't have done it on my own, the waves strong and I increasingly weak I notice. We… Continue reading Cousin Berenice

My toilet seat is down. Ah of course, Sylve is staying. Here for our journey down to where our paths first crossed, at the beginnings of our lives, 60 years ago. New Hall Boreham, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 3HT, England, Great Britain, Europe (it was then), The word, the universe. "She was my prefect", I introduce… Continue reading Back to New Hall, with Sylve, farewell to Tre Lenahan

I had the great honour of hosting the cookery club. The theme south of France food, we began with Provencale rose wine, sitting around a table at the community garden, and ended at East Lodge. This group of people have been meeting for a meal since 1982, cooking eating , exchanging. Someone should write a… Continue reading The cookery club to the land

News came unexpectedly that Tre Lenahan died. Here she is 2017 accompanying Magdalene on a Suffolk jaunt, having lunch in the wood, with Julia A and Gabrielle. She was the natural leader of the community as they transited from New Hall Tudor mansion to rough housing estate in Colchester. Grateful for that record, here is… Continue reading Tre Lenahan

Such a good time to get out, look out, feel the spring arrive at different moments moving through modest latitudes and longitudes, different greens. To break the long journey to Cornwall I stopped for 2 adventures. The first was a re-visit to camp beside the Windrush river, the river that gave its name to the… Continue reading Spring road trip with Tori/Charlie and 4 dogs

Email to Robert December 2024: I am sitting in a farrow and balled sufolk pub, eating pigeon breast after a 8k walk in gentle mist. The breast is tasty but the knife is not sharp enough. Somehow I think of you. After many years it is the first time u do not call on my… Continue reading Robert Booth to Richard Haggis

All the above from a book found in the Pear Tree and photographed. Halesworth Museum documents Brief background to today (Information from internet and various sources) 1882 bequeathed as a medical centre to Halesworth Town by Patrick Stead, named after the maltings businessman. 1948 Bevan, then Minister for Health and Housing, announced the formation of… Continue reading Patrick Stead – DRAFT NOTES

It was called 'Liberation Day', when Trump, holding up a low tech sign, handed out his tariffs. The Universal baseline tariff of 10%, reached heights for the 'worst offenders - Europe 20%, China 34%. "The markets are going to boom, everyone wants to know how to make a deal. It is the new “golden age”… Continue reading Flood the zone 3 – Tariff war

It was finding out that Robin Touqet had died, (there is much discovering of old friends who have died now, but that's for another story) that spurred me to contact Sarah and she came. Yes, she came up to Suffolk. We'd seen each other, quite briefly and in my mind a blurred memory, in London… Continue reading Sarah Touquet 1980 and today

Tarriff war. Donald Trump threatens 200% tariff on EU wine and champagne/ Wall Street sinks as Trump threatens 200pc tariffs on French wineTrump’s steel, aluminium tariffs: How are targeted countries responding? This is very long, but is the only piece of journalism that, to me, explains exactly what Trump is doing, and how to beat… Continue reading Flood the zone 3