Alison : This object has floated around in my life all my life. I’ve always loved grey silvery blue, and I … More

Anthony : There is very little that I can tell you about Mr Snowball because no doubt he was given to … More

Alison: We thought this week we would honour this very noble smokey quartz crystal because I’ve only just discovered it … More

Anthony: I’ve had a love affair with gannets every since we went on family sailing holidays as a child. We … More

[Alison] This came into my house in about 1960 on a visit to Denmark. I was really visiting an extraordinary … More

(Alison) This morning I’m going to talk about birds and me and our life together. I’ve been amused that various … More

I went to Cambridge 1958 – 61 [following] a lovely year off [in which I] spent 3 months in Florence … More

My interest in brass instruments goes back to playing the french horn at school and I was so enthusiastic… I … More

When Standen, which had belonged to the Beale Family, was given to the National Trust, we were all asked whether … More

This is really all about family life in the 1940s, because I was born in 1935 and in all that … More