Being with a bee.
Camilla rushes in, there’s a bumble bee stranded on the pavement. Victim, we assume, of one of the cars streaking past too forcefully for...
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iaindryden1
- Jul 22
- 5 min
What a week!
We were expecting a quiet day with a bit of activity but not the one which unfurled last week. It began as we sipped our first drink of...
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iaindryden1
- Jul 3
- 2 min
France, England & Kenya
We’ve just been visited for the second time since returning from France, by a dear French friend who has known us since the days I could...
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iaindryden1
- Jun 25
- 3 min
Tutu and the Lama
We all need a little lift and you can get one from BBC iPlayer (available abroad if you know how). For a week cameras followed Desmond...
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iaindryden1
- Jun 15
- 3 min
Faith
If you need your faith in humanity restored, I’m afraid you’ll have to wait another year… or perhaps find something similar to the below...
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iaindryden1
- Jun 6
- 3 min
Corgis and canapés
In every village, in every town, our Queen is being celebrated for having been our figurehead for an astonishing seventy years. That in...
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iaindryden1
- May 29
- 3 min
connecting with a butterfly
They called to me before I had reached them, “Come, sit here!” And they budged together to make space on the bench. The incline wasn’t...
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iaindryden1
- May 22
- 4 min
Poo-Tin = Putin
Her smile helped me escape their onslaught. Sinking in to her presence was akin to bathing in soft golden light - such a delight after...
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iaindryden1
- May 6
- 2 min
feminism
She overtook us as we walked past the olde world shops, just where they give way to the lush green graveyard surrounding the thousand...
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iaindryden1
- May 1
- 3 min
Air miles
I got a subtle telling off this morning in that delightful English manner. There was a tap on the door and it being before 9am on a...
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iaindryden1
- Apr 24
- 3 min
Quasimodo
“Morning Quasimodo!” Camilla laughed as I hobbled into the bedroom bearing a giant mug of tea for her. Sometimes as I mount two flights...
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iaindryden1
- Apr 17
- 3 min
what luck!
My wife is 33 today, that I’m 73 makes me a child stealer. Indeed, in the brief time when I once taught ‘A’ Level students, she could...
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iaindryden1
- Apr 10
- 3 min
the air of freedom
I left the gallery charged after perhaps the sixth or seventh real conversation I have had, face to face with anyone but Camilla or her...
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iaindryden1
- Apr 5
- 2 min
Dear President Biden
Dear President Biden, Whilst we know you do not intend to obliterate the world, your condemnation of Putin has provoked a powerful yet...
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iaindryden1
- Apr 3
- 3 min
Putin vs Unicrons
She stepped towards our dark blue car and peered at her reflection, so I said, “Ha, a pink unicorn, can I stroke it?” And she leaned...
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iaindryden1
- Mar 21
- 4 min
Sunday snippets
I met my inner Putin as I crossed the empty road by our ancient market square and had to speed up as a car shot downhill towards me. I...
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iaindryden1
- Mar 13
- 3 min
one Friday morning
Written on Friday. 8.42 am. Whoopie! I am between projects and it feels strange to have nothing to sit down to first thing in the...
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iaindryden1
- Mar 6
- 2 min
For Ukraine
Looking out over the ambulances lined up below, I shiver. Surrounded by the sick, in the hands of caring staff, I still shivered even...
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iaindryden1
- Feb 26
- 3 min
the pebble speaks
As the sun’s warmth soothes my skin here upon a beach in East Devon, it feels impossible that people are suffering, that individuals as...
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iaindryden1
- Feb 15
- 3 min
Life's a gift
As a young man, I assumed old age would provide gentle wisdom and tolerable health, imaginative projects and a warm community. How much...
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