‘Churchyards and cemeteries are scenes not only calculated to improve the morals and the taste, and by their botanical riches to cultivate the intellect, but they serve as historical records.’
John Claudius Loudon: ‘Principles of Landscape-Gardening applied to Public Cemeteries.
As a result of a recent podcast appearance in which I spoke for an hour on the subject of mediaeval toilets, I have just been offered an all-expenses paid lecture appearance at an American university...
...see, talking sh*t does work.
💫🌹📖THE GODMOTHER'S SECRET🌹📖💫
The enduring mystery of the lost princes in the tower.
"A gripping account filled with treachery, intrigue, and family drama."
@ReadersFavourite 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
#RichardIII#Medieval#HistoricalFiction#KindleUnlimited
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Howse’s Coppice was all that remained of ancient woodland that had once stood on Swindon’s doorstep before the arrival of industrialisation and the railways.
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Yellow flowers amidst a riot of colours in the walled garden designed by Gertrude Jekyll in 1911 for at Lindisfarne Castle
#garden#SundayYellow#Flowers
"Vivid. Heartrending. Superb. You admire their tenacity, their wit and their intelligence. These women are real people whose story has been faithfully told."
- Readers Favorite 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Award-winning #HistoricalFiction#KindleUnlimited#FamilySeries
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I'm delighted to announce that we are returning with a new SIX-part series on historic royal scandals for @Channel4.
https://t.co/Y27Q2OdtX6
Brilliant team, deliciously scandalous stories, spectacular locations, and the whole thing so much fun.
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Olivia Kemp English illustrator
This is amazing. It must take her hours using one of those pens
What talent A Masterpiece. London based artist.
For all the dismal news - where are all the butterflies, bees, wasps this year? - here’s a bit of good news: second brood of five swallow chicks in our porch. Brings the total to ten this year. And aren’t those little faces gorgeous?
The re-imagined story …
We managed to find seats all together in one carriage, although it was a bit of a squeeze and Fred almost sat on Annie’s hat. Aunt Charlotte would have loved all this.
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Belle Tout Lighthouse, Eric Ravilious, 1939. The lighthouse is located overlooking Beachy Head in East #Sussex on the @SouthDownsWayNT. The original Ravilious artwork was sold at @ChristiesInc in 2015 and I believe it is now in a private collection.
I was so entranced by the hooded tomb of Robert Wynn, builder of Plas Mawr, (d. 1598) in St Mary’s Conwy, I didn’t get a good photo of the #medieval tiles on the wall alongside. They may have inspired the more recent tiles nearby.
#TilesonTuesday