Book Review of Jennifer Godfrey’s Secret Missions of the Suffragettes: Glassbreakers and Safe Houses (Pen & Sword History April 2024)...

A photograph of a grave monument in Lambeth Cemetery was posted by the rather splendid Loughborough Road SW9 account. It was accompanied...

A Space Saving Coffin Cupboard Peculiar Furniture Imagine sleeping in a coffin! Clambering in, pulling the sheets up then simply dozing...

Human acrobats embraced the challenge of using bicycles onstage and trained animals soon followed. Intro Many of us know that Elephants...

https://britishmusichallsociety.com Next Event British Music Hall Society Weekend Conference 28th-29th October 2023 A fabulous weekend!...

Friends had moved to Clevedon many moons ago and every now and again upped sticks to climb the property ladder and mover ever nearer to...

Illustrated London News 1850 By Heather Tweed The tenant of this little grave, our hope, and joy, and pride, was snatched away from our...

Exciting news! My new writing website design is underway. My Art and writing are intertwined in many ways and I wanted to make it easier...

On a deliciously crisp December morning step through the gate of Joseph Grimaldi park on Pentonville Road. A little way ahead you will...

A visit to the Museum Of Childhood in Edinburgh is always a treat. Toys, games and playthings spanning centuries and continents jostle...

George Sargent: The Forgotten Golfing Innovator ‘The first recollections I have are of playing up and down the road, with a stick, with a...

I rarely walk past any bookshop without dropping in for a mooch, usually heading straight for the history, art, and antiquarian sections....

Can you identify the family or locations in these 1920’s stereoscope photographs? During our customary month long stay at the Edinburgh...

If you are not a magpie attracted to shiny things, or into expensive bling, you may think that Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter is not for...

Having recently joined the team at ART-E-MOTION I would like to share my reasons for loving the Venice Vending Machine installation....

Lloyds Bank Law Courts Branch; Twinings, Tweed, an unexpected part 2 In my last post I wrote a little of the beginnings of Twinings Tea...

Twinings has long been associated with fine teas but actually sprang from Tom’s Coffee House. This blog explores a little of that early...

Cryptozoology: A Curates Egg of Impossible Taxidermy by Heather Tweed <!–[if gte vml 1]> Thylacine, or Tasmanian Wolf, <![endif]–> I...

Belt v. Lawes The Sculptors’ Libel Case Heather Tweed 2016 From Michaelangelo to Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst, artists’ assistants have...

A Hidden Gem The Gladstone Memorial Library Debenhams has a little hidden jewel. Weave towards the impressive staircase with its stained...