Sir Edward Burne-Jones, The Star of Bethlehem, 1890 (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK) Image credit: Wikimedia. In 1886, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones were commissioned a tapestry for Exe...
It is a great pleasure for me to write this post because none of you (except my mother who reads the blog) knew me 10 years ago, in 1999. In 1999, I finally began to read in Tudor History which was to...
Update (30 December 2009): On December 25, 2009, it was announced that a team of Italian scientists were planning to exhume the remains of Leonardo da Vinci from his grave in Amboise in France. They w...
I am finishing 2009 on a high note with a trip to Sheffield on 29th December. It was a good trip and an interesting experience, which I will be talking about… in 2010! Arthur de Mowbray, Nativit...
At the end of November I went to Liverpool, more or less on the spur of the moment, as I often do. My adventurer’s spirit was well rewarded with a visit to Liverpool One Wheel. The report below ...
Putting My Feet Up in Via Fossa, Manchester One of my childhood memories about books is connected both to knitting and to Scotland. In one book there was this illustration: a man in kilt and long sock...
I have already reported about the spectacular snowfall in Manchester, but here are the photos I took during the week of Winter Wonderland. These include portraits of several amazing snowmen and one sn...
From time to time during our life we find ourselves in the Great Unknown. It’s possibly similar to the proverbial situation when things are moving very fast. I do feel like they are moving very ...
During my journey to Liverpool in early December I went in Waterstones where I was instantly greeted by this display. Christmas time undoubtedly brings with it thoughts about both life and the end the...