Diversity Website
Radio Plays, Drama, Early Keyboard Music, English Apples, Potatoes, Fine Art, Go-kart Racing
What's on this site, and how do I get around?
Use the links on the left to get to the main pages.
If you get lost use the BACK button, or click on my sketch of the house in the top left
hand corner, which returns you to this page. Below are listed a few
of the things on this site:
RADIO PLAYS
Information on radio writers and producers, articles, reviews,
details of BBC radio drama past and present. We also archive radio plays in conjunction with VRPCC.
We hope the site will raise the profile of UK Radio
Drama and make people aware of what they are missing. If you are a
writer or producer and not featured, please get in touch.
GROW IT
New magazine for those who want to grow their own fruit and veg -
details...
website...
ENERGY
I have recently constructed (for my brother) a
website on ENERGY, which is concerned with wind turbines,
other renewables, sensible energy use and the nonsense usually written about global warming. If you're interested, the web address is
www.habitat21.co.uk/
Those who know me will be aware that I've done work on
energy and renewables since the mid-seventies.
EKEGUSII
I have been contacted by Kennedy Bosire, who has begun the
Ekegusii Encyclopedic Projects. Kennedy is compiling an encyclopedia of
his mother tongue - Ekegusii, the language of the Abagusii, one of the
tribes of the Republic of Kenya. This link gives details
of his work.
ENGLISH APPLES
Articles on English Apples, rootstocks, learning to graft,
varieties, making wine from apples, growing very
late apples, history of apples, the National
Fruit Collection, apples from pips, how to make cider, vitamin C content
of apples, Leicestershire apples, reasons for grafting, training or
shaping apple trees, how to prune, espaliers, lost apples, rediscovered
apples, apple days, identifying unknown apples.....
MUSIC
Early keyboard music, listed by composer and by country, Iberian early
keyboard music, music by Ray Clarke, Andrew Lowe-Watson, Nigel Deacon, Ben Burrows.
ARTWORK
Nigel is a black and white artist. There are some pictures on
the Artwork page.
ENGLISH APPLES
We are collecting very late unknown varieties of English
apple and grafting them...see apples page...
WINE MAKING AT HOME
Most books on winemaking are unimaginative and out of date - even
new publications.
Learn how to make wine at home painlessly and efficiently. See
Winemaking page. Also FAQs on winemaking, notes on noble grape
varieties, wine articles.
GOKART RACING
My brother runs a large gokart circuit in Leicestershire called
Sutton Circuit. Click on the Gokarting link at the side of the page for
information.
GARDENERS' QUESTION TIME (GQT)
Do you remember Bill Sowerbutts, Fred Loads, Alan Gemmell,
Clay Jones, Fred Downham, Stefan Buczacki, Daphne Ledward
, Geoffrey
Smith, et. al...?
I am collecting recordings of old programmes
and putting together an archive
-email if you have any and are willing to send copies.
Around 140 episodes obtained so far, most of them pre-1990.
AN ADVERT:
I am writing pages about RADIO PRODUCERS.
If you can help, or are a radio producer (or playwright) and would
like an on-line presence, please email.
PRODUCERS are found on the RADIO PLAYS page.
TEST MATCH SPECIAL and A VIEW FROM THE BOUNDARY
With Aggers & Co, and radio dramas involving cricket. Click
on "Radio" on the left. (I could have added a
link here, but you'd miss the other stuff on the Radio page)
ENGLISH POTATOES
Numerous articles on most aspects of potato growing, including
potatoes in containers, descriptions of varieties (English, Irish, Scottish
and other heritage types), blight, chimeras, cooking qualities.
ORGANIC GROWING AND HDRA (GARDEN ORGANIC)
Articles on grapes , tomatoes, vegetables,
fruit, etc.
Most of the material on this website is original; we don't always
invent the wheel but we are not plagiarists....
IF ANYONE THINKS WE HAVE INFRINGED COPYRIGHT,
PLEASE CONTACT US
STRAIGHT AWAY.
We are Alison and Nigel Deacon who live in
South Leicestershire, England.
Site designed by Alison Deacon.
Extracts may be quoted by non-commercial organisations
but please give the source.
Others- please email.
