Dr. Syntax --- Part Two

The author of The Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque was William Combe (1741 – 1823) , whose real life is more interesting tha...

The Life of the House by Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill

The Life of the House: How Rooms Evolve   by distinguished designer Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill was published in October, 2012, by Rizz...

A Couple In England - Half Moon Street

I try to stay in a different part of London each time I visit. So far, I've stayed in various hotels in Victoria, Bayswater and Kensingt...

A Dance with Jane Austen

Victoria here, admitting to a complete lack of grace on the dance floor.  Though I once loved dancing and took lessons as a kid, I am now no...

Emily Davison - Accidental Martyr?

A little over a year ago, we posted a blog about Emily Davison, the suffragette who was killed by the King's horse at the 1913 Derby. Th...

Dulwich Picture Gallery is thrilled to be displaying three of the first series of the Seven Sacraments

Exhibitions Dulwich Picture Gallery : Nicolas Poussin 29 June 2011 - 28 February 2013 Dulwich Picture Gallery will be showing three paint...

Dulwich Picture Gallery

Designed by Sir John Soane as a series of complex rooms lit naturally through skylights, the Gallery is associate field of study masterpi...