Tag Archives: history

Josiah Spode & Sons: Founders of the Spode Dynasty

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: March 8, 2012
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Inventors of English Bone China

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The Elegance of the Breakfast Set

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: March 8, 2012
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The birth of English Bone China

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Scholarly looks at Trafalgar and Waterloo

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: July 19, 2011
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Translate  Trafalgar : The Biography of a Battle by Roy Adkins Truly a biography of this battle – a pivotal event in European history. This seems to be the same book as the American Published one entitled “Trafalgar, a battle which changed the world” – which seems a much overblown title. I liked the “Biography [...]

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Create a Pineapple Centrepiece

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: June 20, 2011

Translate  Pineapples, notoriously fickle and difficult to grow, have long been a symbol of hospitality and extravagance–in fact, Georgian confectioners were known to have rented pineapples by the day, to less wealthy customers, before selling them to be eaten by their more well-to-do clientele. The same pineapple might show up on several tables before finally [...]

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Kensington Gardens

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: June 20, 2011

Playground of Queens and Princesses

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British Ballooning

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: June 20, 2011

Vincent Lunardi and the dawn of European Aeronautics

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Here’s To You: A History of the Toast

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: June 17, 2011
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From it’s origins to its dregs

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Officer’s Uniforms of the British Navy

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: June 17, 2011

What Captain Wentworth would have worn…

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A History of Love Letters

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: June 17, 2011

The love letter has been composed and treasured for centuries…

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Wentworth Makes His Bones:

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: January 2, 2001

The battle of St. Domingo, February 4, 1806.

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