Blog Feed: diaphania

Mysticism, singing and scones at Othona

Published on 2012-05-08 12:08:00

There are leaping dolphins at Othona, and butterflies flying to the moon, too. These are wall decorations at a place by… > read more

Down the Lea to the Olympics

Published on 2012-03-11 19:13:00

I have been out and about to the east of London today, getting home with the sun on my face after… > read more

More candles in the wind

Published on 2012-02-27 04:28:00

I enjoyed this morning's discussion on Radio 4's 'Start the week' – check the link for iPlayer listening.The participants were… > read more

To the woods again

Published on 2012-02-02 10:54:00

As a boy I loved trees. Not just walking amongst them, but climbing as high as I could manage into them.… > read more

'Not to go unsung' – Muhly's Two Boys at ENO

Published on 2011-07-06 19:20:00

I got a £34 ticket in the front row of the upper balcony for £10, where empty seats there were more… > read more

Early influences on Crouwel, and his legacy

Published on 2011-07-04 19:59:00

I very much enjoyed a visit to the Wim Crouwel exhibition on its closing day at the Design Museum. Looking at… > read more

Something spooky down in the woods today…

Published on 2011-05-29 09:10:00

Take one familiar Shakespeare play made up of mortals, immortals and a gang of rude theatricals. Turn into a popular opera… > read more

Broken on the wheel?

Published on 2011-05-21 07:32:00

I have breaks but I'm not broken. This particular butterfly is re-emerging, almost nine months after a devastating cycling accident. I… > read more

Doris May Woodward, 5.4.21 to 6.12.10

Published on 2010-12-15 15:47:00

‘The trouble with religions is they talk far too much about God!’ These words, spoken to the Revd Jamie within five… > read more

Sonning & Sonning Eye Society aural history project

Published on 2010-12-09 09:05:00

The Society recorded the memories of dozens of local people for an exhibition held in the village hall and my mother… > read more

What is holiness?

Published on 2010-08-13 13:11:00

So many conflicting notions. Whatever it is usually taken to mean, the word 'holy' seems to be derived from kailo which… > read more

Gibbons, Tallis and poppadums with the Brahma Kumaris

Published on 2010-06-14 07:48:00

This is Nuneham Park, the work of the enjoyably-named architect Stiff Leadbetter. The house has an additional wing by Smirke and… > read more

Climate change

Published on 2009-12-28 14:38:38

Age of Stupid: Clips: Contract & Converge from Age of Stupid on Vimeo. > read more

Down by the river I

Published on 2009-08-15 13:33:00

I've been swimming again at tumbling bay. Not some exotic Carribbean destination, or even a disused swimming place in Oxford, but… > read more

Moving pictures

Published on 2009-08-14 10:21:00

Not particularly new, but this short sequence by Prof Hans Rosling (on the Gapminder site that has influenced Bill Gates' charitable… > read more

This is the time...

Published on 2009-08-11 08:03:52

Lunch today: beetroot, apple and mint salad with a green salad of watercress, spinach, basil and rocket (all homegrown). Smoked mackerel,… > read more

In the garden today

Published on 2009-03-10 13:00:56

Spring will soon be here. > read more

Hair affairs

Published on 2009-02-27 06:27:00

From the site Strange Maps comes this record from Die Zeit of the popularity of awful puns in the names of… > read more