After the window was put up in westminster abbey. We loved it here, and i suggested tojp this would be a great place to draw and paint the arrival of spring. There are apple, pear, cherry and plum blossom, with hawthorn and blackthorn. East yorkshire only had blackthorn and hawthorn. We found this house with a large garden that was cheaper than anything in sussex. We bought it. I began straight away, drawing on a japanese foldout book. I drew all around the house and then i drew the house itself. These were exhibited in new york in september 2019. Being a smoker, i do not care for new york, so i never went. We came back here to normandy on march the 2nd. I began drawing the winter trees on my new ipad. Then the virus started. I went on drawing the winter trees that eventually burst into blossom. This is the stage were at right now. Meanwhile, the virus is going mad and many people said my drawings
were a great respite from what was going on. Why are my ipad drawings seen as a respite f
this year again, you can catch keukenhof, and the largest flower park in the world, virtually. speaks dutch. from march 20, head to their website to watch two videos posted each week, with some of their 7 million flower bulbs putting on a show of colour. and although the wild parties usually held to celebrate the king s birthday on april 27 are on hold this year, you can still tour amsterdam s most famous museums online. they have joined forces with google to offer virtual tours of their collection. you can wander through the exhibition rooms of the van gogh museum and look at the painter s self portraits on your own, without the crowds. if you miss nature, there are plenty of options to explore the wildlife from your couch. for example, twice a day on wildearth.tv, you can take part
the world this coming month something to keep us going until we can hit the road again. windmills overlooking endless fields of colourful tulips have been the traditional postcard of the netherlands for centuries. every year at the end of march, millions of tourists usually flock to this flat country to admire the flowers blooming. but in 2020, the pandemic hit and the festival of colour transferred online. this year again, you can catch keukenhof, and the largest flower park in the world, virtually. speaks dutch from march 20, head to their website to watch two videos posted each week, with some of their 7 million flower bulbs putting on a show of colour. and although the wild parties usually held to celebrate the king s birthday on april 27 are on hold this year, you can still tour amsterdam s most
hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines. hopes for nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, as she is released from house arrest in iran. but a new court case against her is scheduled for next week. it s not the release we wanted. it s not that ticket home and her passport back and coming back to us. schools in england reopen to all pupils tomorrow the first step in easing the coronavirus lockdown. the queen stresses the importance
on ppe under close review. it is interesting, the protection on one hand and the other side is vaccines and we will talk about that in the next half an hour, letters going out to people in their 50s. if you have any questions, there is time to send them in. stay with us, lots to come. hello, this is breakfast with rachel burden and chris mason. every week, bbc news presenter ros atkins takes an in depth look at one of the issues in the news. this week, it s presidentjoe biden s first foreign policy test how to deal with saudi arabia.