
The Aardvark Blog


Can We Trust?
Can we trust the National Trust, the Salt Path controversy, extra element to the Aardvark Summer book sale Last week Ethel…

A couple of days in Stratford upon Avon
A couple of days away in Stratford upon Avon made me realise just how cut off from the mainstream of British life we are…

Second May Car Boot, Stephen Cox at Houghton Hall, Teaser for summer sale
After an incredibly busy first May Flea Market last Monday, it is only a few weeks until our second flea of the month on…

Hot days in Brampton Bryan
After a mild and sometimes wet winter and a slow start to Spring, we are now a week into a real blast of pre-summer heat…

Easter 2025 is upon us
I have been thinking a lot about past Easters recently as we prepare for our Easter Event tomorrow (not to be missed with…

Don't Sweat the How Stuff
This morning driving into work in my increasingly filthy Skoda Yeti, I had one of those moments of revelation that are not…

London Book Fair 2025, Spring is here, Easter Event bookings
A week on from London Book Fair 2025 and I am just starting to feel like a human being again. All those human interactions…

Damn you, Constable!
I have spent no small time since November pondering the American election result, and thinking of the political situation…

Thoughts about 2025 continued
Ethel has been spending long evenings cloistered in the office on the accounts for the last week, which has reluctantly …

Sad news for January, Borderlines Film Festival, Fleamarkets 2025, and more
In general I like to start the year with good news - there is plenty of time for things to go downhill afterwards - but …

January Snow, 2025 - The Year Ahead, Christmas Reading
Days after we celebrated Christmas, we get our first cold snap of the winter and the Marches landscape is covered with a…