I absolutely love long hair – both on men and women - which is probably part of the reason why I write historicals.   But I have to ad...

We went to Birmingham the other week to look at one of the few remaining genuine stage coaches which is is in Birmingham Museum Service’s...

On display in Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin are the crown jewels of Frederick the Great and his successors. If you look closely, you'l...

University College Main Quad Shelley Memorial  I visited Oxford recently and was fortunate enough to get a conducted tour inside Un...

Peacocks have been in the news this week. Firstly there was the mischievous peacock causing mayhem in a Derbyshire village, then we heard...

My excuse for writing about the garden at Ninfa – which I was lucky enough to visit last week – is that it’s been called the most romantic ...

The lovely summer weather encourages one to be lazy, so here is a little light reading for a hot summer's day (or, if the weather tur...