Fishing the Solstice
by Paul Cowlishaw. So the longest day crept up on us again, blessed us with light and disappeared as quietly as it arrived. I made a valiant effort to greet it as there’s a certain satisfaction to be gained from watching the sunrise on the summer solstice, echoing perhaps from a time when we were [...]
Competition Result
Thanks to everyone who entered the competition in last weeks newsletter. The correct answer to the question was, October 21st. The lucky winner of a pair of tickets to the Apple Cart festival is Clive Shaw. Congratulations. It looks set to be a brilliant day out. Caught by the River djs will be in attendance [...]
The Chef
29 June 2011 // Port Eliot festival
The Chef from Port Eliot Festival on Vimeo. A pixellation film showing the special ingredients that make Port Eliot Festival unique. Music by Gravenhurst. Produced and directed by Carolina Sarsfield.
One Man and His Bike
A 5,000 mile, life-changing journey by bicycle around the coast of Britain. By Mike Carter reviewed by Nick Hand A couple of months before heading off on my own adventure cycling around the coast of Britain I had come across Mike Carter’s weekly piece in the Observer Magazine. Mike had set off on the same [...]
The Value of Place and Space to Gig Venues
Homegame Festival at the Hew Scott Hall: Copyright Dylan Matthews / Blueback Hotrod The value of place and space to gig venues: the impending closure of the Bristo Hall and the Hew Scott Hall by Rob St. John In a recent lecture for TED, David Byrne discusses a radical theory of the historical evolution of [...]
Oliver Kite – At Alex Behrendt’s ‘Two Lakes’.
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On Nature Launch – A Reminder
25 June 2011 // Events //On Nature
This is proving to be a popular event. Worth buying a ticket in advance I reckon. On sale HERE.
How to Catch Trout by Charles Rangeley-Wilson.
illustration by Jon McNaught An extract from the new Caught by the River book, On Nature. Ireland gave me my first trout. I went there every summer in my teens, to stay with a pal of mine – Simon – at his mother’s and my Godmother’s house near Caherdaniel in Co. Kerry. The first year [...]
Caught by the River at Port Eliot Festival – additions & changes
23 June 2011 // Port Eliot festival
Down By The River – Colorama from Kieran Evans on Vimeo. This year’s Port Eliot Festival in glorious Cornwall is starting early and, embracing the new start day means we have a few additions to our previously announced line-up next month. So, things kick off on Thursday (21/7) when we open the bar at 4pm [...]
Allotment Watch: June
22 June 2011 // Allotment Watch
by Nina Walsh While the stealthy yet persistent machine that is Codex Alimentarius continues to criminalize many health promoting herbal preparations and remove them from our shelves, I have been busy planting my own medicinal herb and flower garden in order to prepare my own tinctures and tonics later in the season. Included in my [...]
