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Tired 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 Press
May 17, 2021


Mary Jewels - a friend of Sven's
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...
Millersford Press
Apr 22, 2021


Just to say Happy Easter
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...
Millersford Press
Apr 3, 2021


Gordon Close on show
One of my favourite artists outside the New Forest, I was thrilled to hear that Gordon Close's online exhibition at the Old School...
Millersford Press
Feb 20, 2021


After 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 Press
Feb 19, 2021


Forest moments
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...
Millersford Press
Jan 30, 2021


Fishing unlocks memories
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....
Millersford Press
Jan 3, 2021


An artist's tribute
Take Three Ponies, Christopher Charman's account of the pony trek he undertook in 1958 with his wife-to-be Kate, includes this wonderful...
Millersford Press
Dec 23, 2020


Take 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...
Millersford Press
Dec 9, 2020


It's the Buck's birthday!
Today, 5 years ago, Sven Berlin's White Buck carving arrived in Godshill in the New Forest. This is the team that saved it from...
Millersford Press
Dec 2, 2020


Remembering...
Been thinking how important it is to remember, especially in lockdown. In 2018 we travelled to India, Nagaland and Burma (Myanmar)...
Millersford Press
Nov 18, 2020


Head of a stallion
This powerful Sven Berlin drawing of a stallion's head from 1958 is presumed to be of Spotlight, a huge and characterful Appaloosa horse...
Millersford Press
Nov 14, 2020


Take Three Ponies - a preview
Order your copy now! Our new publication, written by Christopher Charman of the Godshill Pottery in the New Forest will be arriving very...
Millersford Press
Nov 14, 2020


John Paddy Browne - a life
This entertaining film, an interview with John Paddy Browne, whose poetry book Not Thinking Straight is available from our Book Shop, has...
Millersford Press
Nov 14, 2020


A leaf of poetry
We saw the beech leaves fall: A moment from a poem by John Paddy Browne.
Millersford Press
Nov 4, 2020


Brown is such a great colour!
Our walk may have been in the rain but finding these stoical ponies amid the gorgeous autumn ferns was a visual treat. Perfect match...
Millersford Press
Nov 3, 2020


"Add life to your days, not days to your life"
Juanita Casey's favourite adage: "Add life to your days, not days to your life"
Millersford Press
Oct 24, 2020


For the love of horses
Sven Berlin's pencil drawing Horse & Rider sent us looking through our photographic archives.
Millersford Press
Oct 18, 2020


The Bridge...
Our walk yesterday took us over the little wooden bridge that has always inspired me... Millersford. It really is a 'pooh sticks' kind of...
Millersford Press
Oct 17, 2020


Timeless Man
Timeless Man, the biography by Sonia Aarons of artist Sven Berlin.
Millersford Press
Oct 15, 2020
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