THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Comedy In Essex!
Just a quick shout out to anyone in Essex who wishes to support the work of some necessary charities –
- Children With Cancer
- First Step
- The National Autistic Society
To raise money for these charities I will be telling some jokes, alongside some fantastically funny and wonderful comics, on February 10th. Details on the poster below and you can get your tickets here…
Yes, book my tickets for good laughs and to support these charities now!
Look forward to seeing you, your friends or just some random folk you have told about this event and encouraged along – on February 10th!
Comedy in Essex baby yeah!
Box Hill – Novella by Adam Mars-Jones
I picked this book up back in 2020 because of the title – Box Hill – fabulous, I thought, a book about boxwood. I’ll peruse this for its respective thoughts on the plant I clip most when I make topiary. I didn’t read the blurb on the back. Didn’t know the author (although I knew the publisher, Fitzcarraldo Editions, as I love many of the essays they have published… so trusted the author would be worth spending time with.) By page 2 I realised this novel wasn’t quite what I had expected. I started the book at 10pm, after getting …
The Henderson, Topiary Art Interview on Instagram
In a suit… eek! View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Henderson (@thehenderson_hk)
Topiary, The Art Garden at The Henderson
The Art Garden at The Henderson in Hong-Kong has now opened to the public. I joined the project last March, to work with Gillespies Landscape Architects on the topiary that had been designed for the Art Garden, which gives a calm, green space below the extraordinary Henderson skyscraper designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. The garden has been designed with butterflies in mind, so lots of nectar plants, and has other art projects and installations within its footprint. The history of the site is interesting too – it was originally the first cricket ground in Hong-Kong! So still a green space….! …