Where are we heading ?
Having just seen the stage play, 1984, I have been spurred on to comment on recent events that give [...]
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06, 2019
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03, 2019
Autumn 2019 Newsletter
Autumn 2019 Newsletter The bird nets are on and we are monitoring the rising sugar levels in the grapes. [...]
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10, 2018
Spring 2018 Newsletter
Spring 2018 Newsletter Well the labels have arrived and we can now release the 2017 Pinot Blanc and the [...]
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07, 2018
The Mouse that Roared…our trip to Central Europe
This year we travelled to central Europe as our son Ross has moved there to be with his partner Barbora. [...]
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07, 2018
Can you imagine a better world?
The coverage this week of Barack Obama’s address, at the memorial to mark the birth of Nelson Mandela 100 years [...]
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04, 2018
Autumn 2018 Newsletter
Grape growers and wine producers are in the front seat of the epic ‘climate change’. The discussion is happening across [...]
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04, 2018
The Reality Games
Occasionally for me, a few stories in the media coalesce to form a new idea that triggers my need to [...]
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11, 2017
The Story of “Romanesque”
Romanesque is a style of architecture and art that appeared during the ‘Dark Ages’ of Europe, following the fall of [...]
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11, 2017
The Story of “Byzantine”
Byzantine is a style of art and architecture derived from the Eastern Roman Empire, that survived the fall of Rome [...]
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11, 2017
The Story of “The Mattock”
A mattock is a heavy digging implement of ancient origin, useful for digging into heavy or hard soils. All [...]
