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Wednesday, 28 September 2022

Child’s play – The wonderful world of the Victorian Toy Theatre by Ally Sherrick

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I have long harboured an ambition to visit the wonderfully eccentric Gothic Revival villa of Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham, the creat...
Wednesday, 21 September 2022

In Memory of Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022 by Catherine Randall

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As you will all know, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II sadly died earlier this month at the age of 96. As a nation, we said goodbye to her at ...
Wednesday, 14 September 2022

Visiting history by guest author Tom Palmer

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As well as looking at pictures and photographs, interviewing people, going to museums, watching films, YouTube, historical documentaries, re...
Wednesday, 7 September 2022

The Ice House at Kew - by Jeannie Waudby

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Since 1840, Kew Gardens has been a public Botanical Garden. It's now also famous for its Millenium Seed Bank which conserves over 2.4 bi...
Wednesday, 31 August 2022

How mining led to the first industrial canals of England – by Susan Brownrigg

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The historic county of Lancashire was the birthplace of England’s first industrial canals. Canals were created as an alternative way to tr...
Wednesday, 24 August 2022

“Any Old Iron” Guest post by Elizabeth Wein

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The garden of my house in Perth, Scotland, lost its iron rail fence in World War II – not to an enemy bomb, but to patriotism. All over the ...
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Wednesday, 20 July 2022

Andrew Carnegie and his Library Legacy - by Barbara Henderson

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I for one visit my library regularly. I was there this morning, in fact, editing my current manuscript. I borrow books, I use the reference ...