The Windsor Tube
Believe it or not, in the 19th century it was possible to get from London to Windsor by tube…
Everything about Royal Ascot
When you hear Royal Ascot probably the first things come to your mind is the strange hats and the…
The Hellfire Club – Orgies in the Thames Valley
No Sex Please, We Are British is the title of a 20th century British farce and indeed the British…
Ginger Jars – Classical English interior accessories
Not sure about you but I am absolutely obsessed with blue and white ginger jars. Needless to say that…
Odd things in an English house
We all know that England is a quirky place. There is the left hand traffic, the pound sterling and…
If you want to get ahead, get a hat!
The English love their hats. Perhaps nothing represents that better than a scene in the film, the Darkest Hour,…
Thames Valley Stories
It has been a few months that I launched a series on Facebook about the Thames Valley Stories. In…
Interwar architecture in Britain 1918-1945
After the First World War, it became urgent to resolve the housing shortage as no houses were built during…
5 English Eccentrics
Perhaps it is less of a surprise that the English aristocracy is full of eccentrics. Of course, there are…
Blogging or not blogging? – Blog report
I have been thinking a lot whether to write this post, or not, but in the end I decided…