…Armani, Cavalli, Fendi, Gabbana (and Dolce), Valentino, Gucci, Prada, Versace, Schiaparelli… today, when the names of Italian fashion designers slip easily off the tongue, it’s difficult to recall that there…
When entering the Duomo, the cathedral of Santa Maria Fiore in Florence, the natural tendency is to look up, into the soaring space of the dome, the capolavoro of my…
Lois and I were very moved by an email this week from Mary Jane Colley, a guest on a Watermill creative course last year, full of thoughtful insights about…
Why does Michelangelo’s Moses have horns? Similarly, why do the four evangelists not mention an ox and a donkey in the Bible, even though Nativity scenes show them? These…
We ‘creative types’ have been struggling for some time now to assess the impact of Artificial Intelligence on our creativity – and our livelihoods. These new AI programs not only…
Facebook Memories just sent us this charming picture of Bill and our two daughters, Lydia and Lara, from 2018. Since then Bill has become older and more wizened, so he…
≠BBC ArchivesGeorge Orwell, one of the most perspicacious and influential authors of the 20th century, died 75 years ago this week, As an old BBC hack, I love to read…
While Lois and the Watermill team ponder on the renovation and refurbishment of the new guest bedrooms we are creating on the first floor of the 17th-century Watermill, Bill has…
We’ve chosen this delightful image of an 18th Century Scottish Presbyterian minister ice skating gracefully on Duddingston Loch to send our Season’s Greetings to all our Watermill friends and…
As you probably know, we are Cool and Green at the Watermill. Our hidden array of photovoltaic cells, as well as reducing carbon dioxide emissions from conventional power stations, makes…
When we put the new roof on the 17th-century part of the Watermill at Posara in the next month or so, we are going to take the opportunity to create…
When putting the finishing touches to the first draft of my new historical detective story The Illusion of Reality, I marvelled again at the extraordinary vivacity of Donatello’s incredible bronze…
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