Seven-league boots
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In what's like a curse from some forgotten fairy-tale, I seem quite unable to find a pair of shoes that fit. My feet are narrow to the p...
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Raga for a wet morning in November
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Curl up. Enjoy.
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Intoxication at Kew
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The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew have been running their Intoxication season, all about psychoactive plants, and last weekend I was invited...
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Postcard from Wales
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Depicting the past
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I'm full of admiration for those illustrators who bring the past to life. When watching  Time Team – a guilty pleasure, I freely admit –...
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Pagan Britain
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It must have been the summer of 1995 when I had my mind blown in a field in Oxfordshire. I was at the very first OBOD camp and went to a ta...
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Traveller's Tales
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Talking of field recordings , I'm grateful to my friend Jamie for sending this archive recording of my playing at the Newbury Bypass ant...
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