We know it’s way too early to get excited, but the warm temperatures and the sound of songbirds in the morning have got us thinking that spring might not be far off.
We saw the first hints of spring today, with a beautiful cascade of snowdrops flowing down to the river. With all the sadness and worry at the moment, they were definitely a very welcome sight and brought a smile to my face.
Here’s a quick throwback to last summer and happier times, with birds singing and sheep in the distance. It was just a happy day … ⛰
Art, fashion and retail had a very cosy relationship last week. In particular, I discovered an ambitious London pop-up concept – with a difference. As the cashed-up art-fashion crowd descended on the city for Frieze Week, positive impact brand, Maiyet launched its monthly pop-up, Maiyet Collective in Conduit street.
It’s quite the insidery affair, hidden on the first floor of a new private…
It was one of his most romantic + elegant roles but also one of his grittiest — Eddie Redmayne as a World War I soldier in Birdsong, photographed in Hungary in 2011 by Kalpesh Lathigra.
This BBC two-parter, which aired in 2012 + still streams, is our personal favorite for the heartbreaking depth Eddie showed in love + war.
If you’ve only watched HBO’s “Game of Thrones”, you don’t know the whole story of Sansa and The Hound!
As war and green wildfire rage through the city outside, political prisoner & King Joffrey’s betrothed Sansa Stark flees to the safety of her bedchambers, only to be confronted by Joffrey’s sworn shield, Sandor “The Hound” Clegane, who has abandoned his post and come to Sansa, the one person to whom he’s confided his greatest secret and whom he has tried to protect from Joffrey’s cruelties, in a moment that’s a culmination of the building tension between these two unlikeliest of allies, which will have a profound lasting impact on them both…
This is what REALLY happened between Sansa and Sandor as written by George R.R. Martin in his best-selling fantasy novel, ‘A Clash of Kings’…
TheBirdsong Volume III Kickstarter has launched - A Guide to the Birdsong of Western Africa from @shikashikacollective pairs musicians and imperiled birds from the region to raise money for conservation. I will be contributing illustrations for the highlighted species, including the Yellow-Casqued Hornbill shown here.
