Anna Dillon
@annadillon.bsky.social
Landscapes. Paintings. Art. Wildlife, especially moths & butterflies. History, Heritage. Military history. British countryside. Walking. Chalk. Downland. Ridgeway.
http://www.annadillon.com/
http://www.annadillon.com/
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The government is looking for traditions that define communities for recognition as UK living heritage.
What local traditions would you submit? (also, has someone told the Oxford Civic Society/ Oxford Preservation Trust?)
May Morning would make it on the list, surely? oxfordclarion.uk/may-morning/
What local traditions would you submit? (also, has someone told the Oxford Civic Society/ Oxford Preservation Trust?)
May Morning would make it on the list, surely? oxfordclarion.uk/may-morning/
From cheese rolling to bagpiping: UK launches search for traditions that define our communities
Communities invited to submit beloved traditions - from Highland dancing to Pancake Day - for recognition as UK living heritage.
www.gov.uk
December 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The government is looking for traditions that define communities for recognition as UK living heritage.
What local traditions would you submit? (also, has someone told the Oxford Civic Society/ Oxford Preservation Trust?)
May Morning would make it on the list, surely? oxfordclarion.uk/may-morning/
What local traditions would you submit? (also, has someone told the Oxford Civic Society/ Oxford Preservation Trust?)
May Morning would make it on the list, surely? oxfordclarion.uk/may-morning/
The Goring Gap from Lardon Chase is a spectacular view of Streatley and Goring on Thames, which are picturesque villages on the borders of Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
The River Thames runs through the valley on its way to London and cuts between the Berkshire Downs and the Chilterns.
Oil on board.
The River Thames runs through the valley on its way to London and cuts between the Berkshire Downs and the Chilterns.
Oil on board.
December 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The Goring Gap from Lardon Chase is a spectacular view of Streatley and Goring on Thames, which are picturesque villages on the borders of Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
The River Thames runs through the valley on its way to London and cuts between the Berkshire Downs and the Chilterns.
Oil on board.
The River Thames runs through the valley on its way to London and cuts between the Berkshire Downs and the Chilterns.
Oil on board.
The Springline Project. Myself and Rebecca Carrozza (the two artists) explore the 4 mile Springline Route in this lovely film by Hedley - who very kindly gave up his time to do this for us. Connecting communities, nature and creativity.
cholseyparishcouncil.gov.uk/the-springli...
cholseyparishcouncil.gov.uk/the-springli...
December 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The Springline Project. Myself and Rebecca Carrozza (the two artists) explore the 4 mile Springline Route in this lovely film by Hedley - who very kindly gave up his time to do this for us. Connecting communities, nature and creativity.
cholseyparishcouncil.gov.uk/the-springli...
cholseyparishcouncil.gov.uk/the-springli...
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With one colony left in Yorkshire, the Dark Bordered Beauty is on the brink of extinction in England 🚨
After a wildfire in May 2025 destroyed part of the moth’s breeding site, it has never been more critical to expand its range to other areas.
After a wildfire in May 2025 destroyed part of the moth’s breeding site, it has never been more critical to expand its range to other areas.
December 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
With one colony left in Yorkshire, the Dark Bordered Beauty is on the brink of extinction in England 🚨
After a wildfire in May 2025 destroyed part of the moth’s breeding site, it has never been more critical to expand its range to other areas.
After a wildfire in May 2025 destroyed part of the moth’s breeding site, it has never been more critical to expand its range to other areas.
'Otter Estuary' in East Devon on the Jurassic Coast. A winterscape on a cold morning.
A lovely circular walk near Budleigh Salterton.
Oil on board.
A lovely circular walk near Budleigh Salterton.
Oil on board.
December 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
'Otter Estuary' in East Devon on the Jurassic Coast. A winterscape on a cold morning.
A lovely circular walk near Budleigh Salterton.
Oil on board.
A lovely circular walk near Budleigh Salterton.
Oil on board.
'Upstanding pillar of the community.'
Opportunities to transform nature don’t get much bigger than this!
We have the opportunity to conserve 340 acres (138 hectares) of biodiverse countryside surrounding the Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset.
We have the opportunity to conserve 340 acres (138 hectares) of biodiverse countryside surrounding the Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset.
December 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
'Upstanding pillar of the community.'
Home.
Blewburton Hill: An aerial view from the west showing the most intact earthworks #HillfortsWednesday of what originally was a univallate counterscarp bank for the entire circuit. See also the very clear LiDAR view from our pages.
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Home.
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The Springline Project - a unique collaboration between ecologists, artists and local communities to create this stunning 10-metre mural that we revealed to a packed audience in Cholsey on Friday! Thank you to everyone who made this happen #MendtheGap @annadillon.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The Springline Project - a unique collaboration between ecologists, artists and local communities to create this stunning 10-metre mural that we revealed to a packed audience in Cholsey on Friday! Thank you to everyone who made this happen #MendtheGap @annadillon.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
I've had a busy 2025 and this is why! My first public mural in collaboration with Becky Carrozza. On Friday, we presented all 10 panels to the public. 110 species included in this continuous landscape.
So many people to thank. Especial thanks to
@kitenet.bsky.social and other ecologists.
So many people to thank. Especial thanks to
@kitenet.bsky.social and other ecologists.
So thrilled to witness this 10 metre long artwork by Anna Dillon and Becky Carrozza at the launch of the Springline Project. Absolutely mesmerising artwork of the very highest standard. Proud to have been involved and also to have pulled the sheet off!
November 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I've had a busy 2025 and this is why! My first public mural in collaboration with Becky Carrozza. On Friday, we presented all 10 panels to the public. 110 species included in this continuous landscape.
So many people to thank. Especial thanks to
@kitenet.bsky.social and other ecologists.
So many people to thank. Especial thanks to
@kitenet.bsky.social and other ecologists.
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November 1918. The armies go home, leaving a devastated land behind them. Looking forward to reading Hugh Clout's "After the Ruins" on the restoration of the countryside of Northern France after four years of war 1/3
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
November 1918. The armies go home, leaving a devastated land behind them. Looking forward to reading Hugh Clout's "After the Ruins" on the restoration of the countryside of Northern France after four years of war 1/3
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Normal Town Sounds is a mini history of music-making Didcot and District I working on for the Didcot reading.....some surprises..it turning into the Berkshire Laurel Canyon! I now got Jimi Hendrix and Stephen Stills, Cat Stevens and Clapton partying at Aston Tirrold!
October 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Normal Town Sounds is a mini history of music-making Didcot and District I working on for the Didcot reading.....some surprises..it turning into the Berkshire Laurel Canyon! I now got Jimi Hendrix and Stephen Stills, Cat Stevens and Clapton partying at Aston Tirrold!
The 'Son of Aston Tirrold', which is my village. I had the pleasure of meeting him back in 2014. A quiet and fascinating man and a brilliant writer.
Richard Gott, former Guardian journalist and historian, dies aged 87
Richard Gott, former Guardian journalist and historian, dies aged 87
Charismatic figure of the left is remembered as one of the most informed commentators on Latin American affairs
The former Guardian journalist and historian Richard Gott has died aged 87.
Gott’s career at the Guardian began in 1964 and included spells as foreign correspondent, leader writer, features editor and literary editor. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The 'Son of Aston Tirrold', which is my village. I had the pleasure of meeting him back in 2014. A quiet and fascinating man and a brilliant writer.
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My seasonal picture of the ruins of St James, deep in The #Chilterns. This visit was with my favourite artist @annadillon.bsky.social and this perspective originally featured in our first Wessex Airscapes exhibition. #ruins
October 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
My seasonal picture of the ruins of St James, deep in The #Chilterns. This visit was with my favourite artist @annadillon.bsky.social and this perspective originally featured in our first Wessex Airscapes exhibition. #ruins
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'Solar System' quilt by Ellen Harding Baker of Cedar County, Iowa, US in 1876, she used her textile work as a teaching aid for her lectures on astronomy in the small towns of her state.
Find out more in the first Womensart book, Unravelling Women's Art on textile artist rebels and pioneers!
Find out more in the first Womensart book, Unravelling Women's Art on textile artist rebels and pioneers!
October 25, 2025 at 5:09 AM
'Solar System' quilt by Ellen Harding Baker of Cedar County, Iowa, US in 1876, she used her textile work as a teaching aid for her lectures on astronomy in the small towns of her state.
Find out more in the first Womensart book, Unravelling Women's Art on textile artist rebels and pioneers!
Find out more in the first Womensart book, Unravelling Women's Art on textile artist rebels and pioneers!
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Very excited to share that I'm writing a new book, THE GHOSTS OF CHALK COUNTRY - about the loss of England's chalk downland: a tale of flowers, fascism & freedom.
To be published by @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social in April 2027:
www.thebookseller.com/rights/willi...
Website: ghostsofchalkcountry.org
To be published by @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social in April 2027:
www.thebookseller.com/rights/willi...
Website: ghostsofchalkcountry.org
September 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Very excited to share that I'm writing a new book, THE GHOSTS OF CHALK COUNTRY - about the loss of England's chalk downland: a tale of flowers, fascism & freedom.
To be published by @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social in April 2027:
www.thebookseller.com/rights/willi...
Website: ghostsofchalkcountry.org
To be published by @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social in April 2027:
www.thebookseller.com/rights/willi...
Website: ghostsofchalkcountry.org
1/1. After the Ruins by Hugh Clout was a book I studied for my First World War exhibition back in 2018. I was interested in learning how land can recover after war. Hugh's research focused on Northern France after WW1. 92% of homes in Gaza have been destroyed & over 60% of their infrastructure.
October 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
1/1. After the Ruins by Hugh Clout was a book I studied for my First World War exhibition back in 2018. I was interested in learning how land can recover after war. Hugh's research focused on Northern France after WW1. 92% of homes in Gaza have been destroyed & over 60% of their infrastructure.
Happy October everyone.
View from Lodge Hill from my Ridgeway Series.
Oil on board.
View from Lodge Hill from my Ridgeway Series.
Oil on board.
October 1, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Happy October everyone.
View from Lodge Hill from my Ridgeway Series.
Oil on board.
View from Lodge Hill from my Ridgeway Series.
Oil on board.
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It’s book publication day for #GhostsoftheFarm! It’s been a lifetime’s companionable & instructional haunting, & I’m thrilled to bring these women from out the shadows, honour them & raise & address my own rural ghosts. Love & thanks to @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social & my early readers too x
September 30, 2025 at 7:05 AM
It’s book publication day for #GhostsoftheFarm! It’s been a lifetime’s companionable & instructional haunting, & I’m thrilled to bring these women from out the shadows, honour them & raise & address my own rural ghosts. Love & thanks to @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social & my early readers too x
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Afternoon Light The Garden St Margarets: acrylic on canvas
September 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Afternoon Light The Garden St Margarets: acrylic on canvas
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Passage (2007) by land artist Cornelia Konrads #WomensArt #Monday
September 15, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Passage (2007) by land artist Cornelia Konrads #WomensArt #Monday
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St Catherine's Hill, Winchester, rising high above the Itchen Valley floodplain. On the summit of then iron age hillfort is a beech clump and nearby buried remains of a Norman chapel.
September 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
St Catherine's Hill, Winchester, rising high above the Itchen Valley floodplain. On the summit of then iron age hillfort is a beech clump and nearby buried remains of a Norman chapel.
This book has just caught my eye from @peteralanross.bsky.social. Congratulations Peter. It's on my list.
Happy publication day @peteralanross.bsky.social Upon A White Horse is a celebration of landscape and people - and all that is beautiful, strange and old.
Out now: linktr.ee/UponAWhiteHorse
Out now: linktr.ee/UponAWhiteHorse
September 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This book has just caught my eye from @peteralanross.bsky.social. Congratulations Peter. It's on my list.
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Pendennis Castle, built in 1924, at Didcot.
September 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Pendennis Castle, built in 1924, at Didcot.
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Life of Exmoor nature writer Hope Bourne recognised with exhibition
Life of Exmoor nature writer Hope Bourne recognised with exhibition
Views of forward-thinking artist and writer who lived off land in national park celebrated at museum in Glastonbury
She was considered an eccentric by some, eking out a frugal existence on a wild English moor, surviving off the land and exchanging her sketches of the countryside for meals.
But the first museum exhibition on the life and work of the largely forgotten nature writer and artist Hope Bourne highlights that her views on the environment, recycling, access to the countryside – even rewilding – were ahead of her time. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Life of Exmoor nature writer Hope Bourne recognised with exhibition
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Barbara Hepworth, British sculptor here with the plaster of Single Form 1961–4 at the Morris Singer foundry, London,1963
#womensart
#womensart
August 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Barbara Hepworth, British sculptor here with the plaster of Single Form 1961–4 at the Morris Singer foundry, London,1963
#womensart
#womensart