Category Archives: 2020

“Rebus Angustis Fortis” is the motto on the Cobbold coat-of-arms.  “Courage Through Adversity”.  It comes to mind at the end of this unsettling year.  I have seen so many instances of it in 2020.  How extraordinary our NHS and Care … Continue reading →

Lots of lovely comments about the Drive In Garden Party in the Park in September, including the following on Twitter from the headline act Rick Astley (@rickastley), “We had a fantastic time playing the @Pubinthepark Drive In Garden Party at … Continue reading →

2020 was always going to be a summer of big number anniversaries for Knebworth Park.  45 years since Pink Floyd played ‘Dark Side of The Moon’ and introduced ‘Wish You Were Here’.  40 years since The Beach Boys played their … Continue reading →

Next year we will be celebrating 50 years of the Knebworth Barns.  The two main barns were moved to their current location on the edge of Knebworth House Gardens in the Spring of 1971.  They are both original farm barns.  … Continue reading →

“The lunatic is on the grass…” sang Roger Waters of Pink Floyd in Knebworth Park 45 year ago this month.  In Pink Floyd mythology this line – from the album ‘Dark Side of The Moon’ – refers to being told … Continue reading →

When a tree breaks out in all its blossom or a flower breaks out in full bloom, and nobody sees it… what is that called?  A shame?  A blooming shame?  Maybe just, Nature?  It’s been hard to watch the passing … Continue reading →

There is no printed edition of Knebworth Parish News this month because of the Covid-19 lockdown, so for the first time in 15 years I find myself not submitting a column.  Instead I post a message my son put on … Continue reading →

So often in the preservation and restoration of Knebworth House we are chasing our tail.  In almost all cases we are working to put back what was once there, or to patch up what is there so that it lasts … Continue reading →

I was delighted to be one of the first through the doors of The Station pub when it reopened on Valentine’s Day.  Having been inside the empty and unkempt building two months earlier, the transformation was startling.  What a great … Continue reading →

Is somebody trying to tell me something, naming a retirement suite after me?!  Martha and I were shocked to discover that McCarthy & Stone, builders of Lowe House in the High Street, have given Lytton family names to most of … Continue reading →