RIBA South West covers a far-reaching area from Dorset to Cornwall. Its most northerly town is Chipping Camden in Gloucestershire. Architectural highlights of the region include the Georgian terraces in Bath, Somerset, Tate St Ives gallery, Stonehenge vi
Thinking like this can promote several different reactions. If we believe that humans tend under a diverse range of conditions to spoil and diminish the natural world, then we may be sceptical about the likelihood of humanity significantly mitigating the effects of the crisis. Humans will need to...
All bodies or individuals who have been granted coats of arms by the College of Arms may display them in this fashion including county councils. Since their establishment in the late nineteenth century confusion has occurred between the counties and these local administrative bodies, the councils, ...
Then three quarters of the way around there was a longish sit in the sunshine, coats off, basking in the warmth of the sun on our arms and faces (I always think ‘Oh good, vitamin D!’) occasionally sipping water while staring at the stunning view. Spotted these blackberries on the ...
Frank Leavesley Dorset based Landscape Photography I am a photographer based in the lovely town of Christchurch, Dorset. My favourite photographic subject is landscapes. Living in such a beautiful area I am never short of views to point my camera at. With the New Forest on one side and the...
Elvis Presley made his first public appearance as a singer on this day. It did not go well: he came fifth in a local talent show. But he was only ten
in some of the most beautiful countryside on the face of the earth. I was lucky to find a friend who also wanted to spend time hiking the back roads and cliffs of Cornwall (which I had visited before) as well as revisit the Cotswolds. I had never been to the Cotswolds and Diane ...
Then three quarters of the way around there was a longish sit in the sunshine, coats off, basking in the warmth of the sun on our arms and faces (I always think ‘Oh good, vitamin D!’) occasionally sipping water while staring at the stunning view. ...
Tensions were rising. Richard of Devizes reported that, as a result of the king’s departure on crusade, the nobles were ‘all stirred up in arms, castles closed, cities fortified and entrenchments thrown up.’ John sent out letters, in secret, eliciting the support of the nobles against ...
26 April Kate, her Lover and her Father Location: Poundstock (Cornwall) - Penfound Manor Details: Kate and her lover, John, had decided to elope before her father married her off to someone else. The pair were caught as they tried to run away; the father and John engaged in a sword ...