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A Jane Austen Daydream: A Review
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The Choker Necklace
Accenting royal necklines for centuries…
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Josiah Spode & Sons: Founders of the Spode Dynasty
Inventors of English Bone China
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The Elegance of the Breakfast Set
The birth of English Bone China
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Scholarly looks at Trafalgar and Waterloo
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 of [...]
Create a Pineapple Centrepiece
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 being [...]
Here’s To You: A History of the Toast
From it’s origins to its dregs
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