TV celebrity show
Starring the London Fancy with a supporting cast of Piet Renders and Theo Minten at the Meijels Pracht show, the Netherlands. Click on the video below: ... Read More
Ephemera
The good old days?
I don’t know how he does it, but John Canepa keeps finding fascinating old photographs of people and their birds. He wasn’t able to add anything about the origins of the photographs, but did tell me something about the photo you see at the head of this article: “I believe this one is La Farfa la […]... Read More
Bird’s eye view: William Cummings, the forgotten author
Readers may remember a book review I wrote of Lancashires: the forgotten variety by W. Cummings. An e-mail from a reader in the USA alerted me to the fact that Wil’s website is now defunct; could I help her obtain the book? I e-mailled Wil and was relieved to hear that the disappearance of his […]... Read More
Memories of the Knighton partnership
In 1990 Cage & Aviary Birds published a ‘four page pull-out’ featuring the Lizard canary. It was organised by John Scott on behalf of the LCA. It contained articles by John, Stan Bolton, a poem in Black Country dialect by Brian Gisby (brilliant), a summary of the Lizard canary show standard, and an article on […]... Read More
Adiós Alberto! Hola Alberto!
It’s not often that I get to combine my two favourite pastimes: bird keeping and cycling. The retirement yesterday of Alberto Contador, the most exciting grand tour rider of this century, gives me that opportunity.... Read More
Ephemera: oiseleurs
Just as I was preparing the article on the oiseleurs of Paris, John Canepa sent me some old photographs showing a French bird market and its customers. ... Read More