Writer In The Garden

Tag: Vita Sackville-West

  • A day at Long Barn, Sissinghurst’s little sister

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    Sarah Salway
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    I wonder how many people have heard of Long Barn? I’m guessing not half as many who know about Sissinghurst, just up the road. But Long Barn is the house Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson moved into in 1915, living here for fifteen years and trying out many of the garden ideas that became so…

  • Knole, Sevenoaks

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    Sarah Salway
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    Of course, if we were being pedantic it shouldn’t be Sevenoaks any more. Apparently it’s been Oneoaks ever since the 1987 Hurricane. Knole though is still Knole, and I’m sure always will be… … despite the threat from flying golf balls.. I wasn’t sure, to be honest, what I would write about Knole, but after…