We are thrilled that our new book by Martin Slater, Stranger in Saigon has arrived from the printers. It’s an eminently readable and...

It seems an appropriate moment to remember the bravery of ordinary soldiers. Just to remind you I'll be presenting our talk (a new...

News of talks on our books in February and March 2022

Stocking filler? Take Three Ponies by Christopher Charman is now available.

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...

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...

Just amazed to see early morning mist today, feel that slight nip in the air and discover that spiders have woven their webs everywhere...

While archiving some of the ephemera relating to Sven Berlin recently I started reading his Notes on the Experience of Drawing for Young...

Take Three Ponies and Cycling Tales, by Christopher Charman are in the news...

So said Christopher Charman as he wrote optimistically about the demands of cycling in the Slovakian Tatra National Park in 2002. Cycling...

Christopher Charman's new book relating his cycling adventures overseas is now at the printers and copies will soon be available. Here's...

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...

Sven Berlin often tried to help other artists and when he met Cornish naive artist Mary Jewels in 1946 he wrote an article for Horizon...

March has flown by! And here we are in 'summertime' with all the glory of Easter flowers. The daffodils are from the field and the...

One of my favourite artists outside the New Forest, I was thrilled to hear that Gordon Close's online exhibition at the Old School...

The arrival of snowdrops always seems to be a turning point. Artist Sven Berlin would say we could visit 'when the snowdrops have...

Time 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...

Artist Rod Hague, the subject of my book Contrasts, has chosen his painting Fishing Smack as the subject of his first piece for our Blog....

Take Three Ponies, Christopher Charman's account of the pony trek he undertook in 1958 with his wife-to-be Kate, includes this wonderful...

Our new Christopher Charman book, Take Three Ponies, has arrived! This story of Christopher and Kate’s 1958 500-mile pony trek from...