The wisdom of pipers — by Unknown on

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This quote is from the current issue of Chanter , the magazine of the Bagpipe Society . As that organ might, ahem, be a bit specialist for m...

Magical Books — by Unknown on

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There's a fabulous exhibition on at the Bodleian Library in Oxford right now, called Magical Books . I can't recommend it highly eno...

Samsara — by Unknown on

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We took a load of stuff to the Car Boot sale yesterday. No sooner had we parked up than we were surrounded by a swarm of bargain-hunters ya...

Two bridges — by Unknown on

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Two bridges to hoy us over the gap between Oxford and Devon . The first, courtesy of College Cruisers : The second, a present to m...

Quadrivium — by Unknown on

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In the late Middle Ages, students at Oxford were put through a syllabus known as the quadrivium . They studied arithmetic, music, astronomy,...

Astrolabe - live at Catweazle — by Unknown on

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Remember Astrolabe ? We've just recorded it with Telling the Bees , and here it is played live at the Catweazle Club. Thanks to James Be...

Going home — by Unknown on

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(Sequence taken with Lomography   Diana Mini camera using expired Fuji Velvia 100F film, cross-processed )

May Morning 2013 — by Unknown on

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Another May Morning and this time the weather was perfect, even if the cold air played havoc with the bagpipes: if they weren't wildly ...