The Sunday dozen

7th June 2026

John Wyver writes: Technical troubles meant that I missed posting last weekend - apologies. But I'm back today with another group of articles that have engaged and interested me, along with -- as a hommage to the changeable weather of more

The Sunday dozen

24th May 2026

John Wyver writes: Just leaving Provence now, which is why there was no Sunday dozen last week. I loved the landscape, and was struck time and again by memories of the artworks of Paul Cezanne. So here is 'Montagne Sainte-Victoire', more

The Sunday dozen

10th May 2026

John Wyver writes: I am in Provence, deep in the Luberon, which makes me appreciate all the more the wondrous Cezanne above, Hillside in Provence, about 1890-2, hanging in the National Gallery in London. Everywhere I look there are views more

Marey memorialised

4th May 2026

John Wyver writes: We are en vacances, having driven during three days from London to the small town of Simiane-la-Rotonde in the middle of the beautiful but rather remote landscapes of the Luberon. (Before the envy kicks in too strongly, more

The Sunday dozen

3rd May 2026

John Wyver writes: I have started a nearly month-long holiday in France, and after three days' driving have arrived at the small town of Simiane-la-Rotonde in the Luberon. Which is glorious, and which I will send an occasional update from more