With its ever changing light, the view from my shed up the river Deben is a never ending source of inspiration.The light is beginning to look decidedly wintery now, but as that heralds the start of the marvellous migration season when all sorts of interesting birds return to the river, I am more tha ...

A life on the ocean wave has taught me a knot or two, but on my travels in Mexico I met a girl who was taking knots in string to a new level, creating fantastic pieces jewellery from her "studio" on the pavements of La Paz. Originally from Brazil, she was trying to make a better life for herself thr ...