Winning and LosingI've had a good autumn of turning, including successful shows and quite a few interesting commissions. In the run up to Christmas I...
SymbiosisBig word, but it perfectly expresses the relationship between trees and fungi. They live off each other. Not all fungi of course....
In praise of mapleI wrote a couple of months ago about about the field maple that had to come down and how what was to have been a big bowl split into two...
Twisted TreesEvery January Jacky and I go up to the Forest of Bowland in North Lancashire for a few days walking. It's a forest only in the Norman...
The Speed of GiantsBOOKS I've recently read two books about trees, both of which I would recommend. One is "The Hidden life of Trees" by Peter Wohlleben...
Pathology, chess, and paying homagePATHOLOGY It was probably in 2002 when the University of Derby had bought the Royal Devonshire Hospital (which includes the Dome) in...