Celebrations The Fourth of June at Eton College 4 Jun 201828 May 2018 Eton was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore” to provide free education to 70 poor boys who would then…
Celebrations Hope you have a great Bank Holiday Monday 28 May 201824 May 2018 Happy Bank Holiday Monday! Thanks for visiting my blog today. You might also like: Visit New York in 1911 City Symphony – Sunday in Berlin…
Celebrations Time for tea? 18 May 201817 May 2018 Good Morning! Is it time to put the kettle on? Hope you have a lovely day. Thanks for stopping by my blog today. You might also like: Have…
Celebrations… Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday with these lovely illustrations. 23 Apr 201821 Apr 2018 To celebrate Shakespeare's birthday, three more fabulous Arthur Rackham illustrations from the 1909 Charles and Mary Lamb "Tales of Shakespeare". Romeo and Juliet Arthur Rackham was born in Lewisham in…
Celebrations It’s National Tea Day! 21 Apr 201820 Apr 2018 It doesn't seem a year since I wrote It’s National Tea Day! and in 2018 there appears to be more opportunities than ever to enjoy and celebrate our national beverage. I had…
Celebrations Happy Easter! 1 Apr 201830 Mar 2018 What a day! Easter Sunday and April Fool's Day on the same day. Apparently this simultaneous event hasn't occurred since 1956. And since 1900 Easter Sunday and April Fools Day…
Celebrations Today is #NationalDrinkWineDay 18 Feb 201818 Feb 2018 Today is National Drink Wine Day. This is the blogpost I wrote for my Cabbage and Semolina Blog last year to celebrate the occasion! via Do you need #NationalDrinkWineDay to…
Celebrations 5 Literary Quotes to Celebrate National Cabbage Day! 17 Feb 201816 Feb 2018 Dorothy L Sayers Remorse is eating his soul like a caterpillar in a cabbage. Beatrix Potter Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst…
Books… The New Romantics @newromantics4 perfect for Valentine’s Day! 14 Feb 201810 Feb 2018 If you love reading romance novels have you met the New Romantics? In 2012 four writers: Adrienne Vaughan, Lizzie Lamb, Mags Cullingford and June Kearns (all members of the Romantic…
