The Ultimate British Sibset — the children of Queen Victoria
Last Friday, I speculated on the names of the first child of William and Kate, and, inevitably, Victoria was high on the list. It is a little ironic that Victoria would now be considered a very...
View ArticleNook’s Pick of the Grannies
There are distint signs now that the pace is gathering in the rehabilitation of names long consigned to granny (or rather great-granny status, as most grannies nowadays are called things like Carol...
View ArticleThe Story of an English Manor
On our holiday last week we stayed at historic Gurney Manor — sometimes called Gurney Street Manor — in Cannington, Somerset. It is a very special place. Rescued by the Landmark Trust in the 1980s,...
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