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Into The Garden
Watch now (2 min) | These mid June days are quite something aren’t they. The light catches everything so beautifully, and the garden is alive with…
Mark Diacono
Jun 16
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Welcome to The Imperfect Umbrella
And thank you for stopping by. I’m Mark Diacono - writer, walker, cook, gardener, and photographer. I live in the south west of England. I’ve written…
Mark Diacono
Jun 15
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SPICE/ a cook's companion
Hello. I thought you might like the first look at my next book. It’s called SPICE/ a cook’s companion - the third in the flavour series, started by SOUR…
Mark Diacono
Jun 23
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Into the garden: lemon verbena
Watch now (2 min) | Even the words ‘lemon verbena’ make me happy. It would be my desert island herb just for the scent it leaves on my hands every day…
Mark Diacono
Jul 12
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Happy Father's Day
I love this picture of the old man. It was taken, I guess, in the late 50s. It’s Exmouth, by the beach he would a few years later make his (and, in…
Mark Diacono
Jun 19
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Nocino
Watch now (58 sec) | or Diaconocino...
Mark Diacono
Jul 26
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Into The Garden: Scottish lovage
Watch now (2 min) | I had such a lovely reaction to the first Into The Garden a fortnight ago - thank you. As well as the comments here, many emails…
Mark Diacono
Jun 30
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Let it out and let it in
Last Wednesday, I went in search of an excellent breakfast and may have found the most influential musical instrument in history. I know, big claim, but…
Jul 4
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Writing a book, live: an introduction
Here we go: writing a book, live. Thank you so much for being part of this. I hadn’t expected so many sign ups before we started, and I’m delighted you…
Mark Diacono
Aug 10
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Something for the Weekend 2
The depth of my suggestible, distractible brain - easily caught in wormholes, chains of light connectivity and tipping dominoes of interrelationships …
Mark Diacono
Jul 21
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SPICE / a cook's companion
Watch now (1 min) | A flick through
Mark Diacono
Aug 4
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Writing A Book, Live
Watch now (2 min) | Watch the film at the end
Mark Diacono
Aug 5
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