Been there, done that, still gloating...
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Kippers and colleges
›
There can be few more pleasant ways to spend a warm sunny autumn afternoon than sprawling back on rugs and cushions in a punt on the Cam - e...
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Bon appetit
›
Down in the lobby of the Tardis-like George Hotel in Stamford, a 900 year-old coaching inn, there is a portrait of a sweet-faced boy called ...
Monday, 28 September 2009
Don't read this
›
Shhh. Don't tell anyone. Don't even read this, in case you're tempted to come to Lincoln: because Lincoln is a delight , a gem, ...
Saturday, 26 September 2009
Cheers!
›
Purely in the interests of research, we've visited a pub or two on our journey around these islands, and I have to say it's been a p...
Friday, 25 September 2009
Arthur's Day
›
1759 was when Arthur Guinness established his brewery, world famous in the world for the velvety stout; and 250 years later, on 24 Septembe...
Thursday, 24 September 2009
Both sides now
›
In the 1870s the landed gentry at Strokestown Park had the leisure to worry about the handicap of left-handedness in their children and fitt...
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
A mighty craic - or several
›
What was best about today? It's hard to choose. It could have been the eager young man at the Museum of Country Life explaining how yest...
1 comment:
‹
›
Home
View web version