My cousin, his husband and their gorgeous little girl Billie recently took up residence in their new home. Darren and I were delighted to receive an invitation to stay for the weekend - setting out after work on a Friday evening to brave the M40 and arriving to settle into a wonderful few days. I'd … Continue reading She Noted: A Restorative Weekend, With Friends
I often find myself wishing that I owned a stash of Victorian fashion magazines - perhaps those gorgeously volumnious bound editions that are practically bursting at the seams with patterns, tidbits and illustrated fashion plates. Sigh, there's the dream. Until I have the luxury of even more shelf space, there are plenty of ways to … Continue reading Thoughts On A Victorian Lady’s Guide to Fashion and Beauty by Mimi Matthews for fellow historians and readers
I've been finding an awful lot of happiness lately in a collection of little things that, totted up, equate to the sum of a wonderful start to the Spring. For Mother's Day (which coincides rather nicely with my mum's birthday), I set our table at the flat for the season and invited my mum round … Continue reading She Noted: Embracing The Spring
The Favourite was darkly claustrophobic. Caged rabbits, festering wounds, maniacal fashions and constricting apparatus. For intrigue and acclaim, you need look no further in this brave new world of the historical costume drama… It feels stifling: Whether Queen Anne is stuffing her face with cake or Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough is looking down the … Continue reading Thoughts on The Favourite
