Millersford PressMar 17Saigon memoir publishedWe are thrilled that our new book by Martin Slater, Stranger in Saigon has arrived from the printers. It’s an eminently readable and...
Millersford PressMar 11A soldier's storyIt seems an appropriate moment to remember the bravery of ordinary soldiers. Just to remind you I'll be presenting our talk (a new...
Millersford PressDec 18, 2021Pony book is back!Stocking filler? Take Three Ponies by Christopher Charman is now available.
Millersford PressOct 30, 2021November talks coming up...Been busy preparing talks relating to two of our books. Well, to be truthful, one of the talks would have been given in March 2020 but...
Millersford PressOct 9, 2021Artists past and present...If I ever moved away from the New Forest I would make sure I had a painting by Frederick Golden Short on my wall. And one by Barry...
Millersford PressAug 10, 2021Autumn in AugustJust amazed to see early morning mist today, feel that slight nip in the air and discover that spiders have woven their webs everywhere...
Millersford PressJul 5, 2021The discipline of drawingWhile archiving some of the ephemera relating to Sven Berlin recently I started reading his Notes on the Experience of Drawing for Young...
Millersford PressJul 3, 2021In the news...Take Three Ponies and Cycling Tales, by Christopher Charman are in the news...
Millersford PressJun 2, 2021All climbs end at the top...So said Christopher Charman as he wrote optimistically about the demands of cycling in the Slovakian Tatra National Park in 2002. Cycling...
Millersford PressMay 17, 2021Nearly here - Cycling TalesChristopher Charman's new book relating his cycling adventures overseas is now at the printers and copies will soon be available. Here's...
Millersford PressMay 17, 2021Tired of cooking? Just been thinking about all the cooking I’ve been doing throughout lockdown and how it was getting just the tiny bit wearing. Not sure...
Millersford PressApr 22, 2021Mary Jewels - a friend of Sven'sSven Berlin often tried to help other artists and when he met Cornish naive artist Mary Jewels in 1946 he wrote an article for Horizon...
Millersford PressApr 3, 2021Just to say Happy EasterMarch has flown by! And here we are in 'summertime' with all the glory of Easter flowers. The daffodils are from the field and the...
Millersford PressFeb 20, 2021Gordon Close on showOne of my favourite artists outside the New Forest, I was thrilled to hear that Gordon Close's online exhibition at the Old School...
Millersford PressFeb 19, 2021After the snowdrops...The arrival of snowdrops always seems to be a turning point. Artist Sven Berlin would say we could visit 'when the snowdrops have...
Millersford PressJan 30, 2021Forest momentsTime to catch up! Our Sven Berlin website has kept me busy this month. Now it is up and running, here’s some of the moments that I’ve...
Millersford PressJan 3, 2021Fishing unlocks memoriesArtist Rod Hague, the subject of my book Contrasts, has chosen his painting Fishing Smack as the subject of his first piece for our Blog....
Millersford PressDec 23, 2020An artist's tributeTake Three Ponies, Christopher Charman's account of the pony trek he undertook in 1958 with his wife-to-be Kate, includes this wonderful...
Millersford PressDec 9, 2020Take Three Ponies has arrived!Our new Christopher Charman book, Take Three Ponies, has arrived! This story of Christopher and Kate’s 1958 500-mile pony trek from...