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• Grand Duchess Olga

  

  Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, with Grand Duchess Olga Nicholaievna, Pasetti, 1896. Photo: Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2014. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Peaky Blinders

  

  I don’t watch much television (and when I do, it is never live so I’m always a bit behind anyway) so I’m terribly late to the Peaky Blinders party. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Anxiety

  

  At this very moment, there’s two major events happening that I should be at. One is the third annual Mumsnet Blogfest in London (which I spoke at in 2012), a... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Princess Mary Stuart

  

  One of my all time favourite characters (she was a bit of a scene stealer in my novel Minette, about her younger sister, Henrietta), Princess Mary Henrietta... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• The Winter Crown – Elizabeth Chadwick

  

  It is the winter of 1154 and Eleanor, Queen of England, is biding her time. While her husband King Henry II battles for land across the channel, Eleanor... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Marie Antoinette and the Petit Trianon

  

  The Petit Trianon is a sumptuous jewellery box of a house, tucked away in the Versailles park. Designed in 1762 by Ange-Jacques Gabriel and paid for by Louis XV... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• The Marriage of Figaro at the ENO

  

  Despite having been dragged up by massive opera buffs, I’d never actually managed to see an actual real life opera. UNTIL NOW. Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Berlin Part Three

  

  Although we’d heard that Sunday brunch is a traditional part of Berliner culture, we decided instead to head out to Friedrichshain for a much anticipated vegan... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Berlin – Part Two

  

  We woke up bright and early on our second morning in Berlin and after some deliberation decided to head off to Museum Island to partake in some CULTURE. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Never Lived And Will Never Die

  

  As long term readers of this blog will be VERY well aware of, I am a MASSIVE HUGE Sherlock Holmes fan. Always have been and always will be. Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Berlin – Part One

  

  When it comes to history, there are few cities with such a chequered and fascinating past as Berlin. I’ve wanted to visit for a really long time but had been... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Goodbye to All That

  

  So, here it is. The last day of my thirties.I’ve been completely dreading this, which is, I know, just a trifle VAIN of me but forty just seems like such a... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Happy Bloody Halloween

  

  by madame-guillotine featuring red jewelry Falconwright leather purse, £61 / Topshop red jewelry, £9.38 / What A Mess Scoop Skater Dress ›... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Mark Bruce’s Dracula at Bristol Old Vic

  

  Photo: Farrows Creative.Being a bit of a goth, you can imagine how delighted I was to be asked along to the press night for Mark Bruce’s superlative and erotic... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Josephine: Desire, Ambition, Napoleon

  

  ‘This is the incredible rise and unbelievable fall of a woman whose energy and ambition is often overshadowed by Napoleon’s military might. Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• From Whitechapel is out in Paperback!

  

  “This is Melanie Clegg’s best book yet. Her encyclopaedic knowledge of the period allows the reader to relax into the story and be swept along. Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• A Trip to the Opera

  

  Opera cape, 1898. Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.As some of the more keen eyed among you may have noticed, I am about to turn forty in the next... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Juno and the Paycock, Bristol Old Vic

  

  Juno and the Paycock, Des McAleer (Captain Boyle) and Niamh Cusack (Juno). Photo: Stephen Vaughan. ‘The world’s in the grip of change for Juno and her peacock o... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Catherine Eddowes and Kosminski

  

  It seems like Jack the Ripper is back in the news again in a rather big way, which is jolly nice for me as, like Russell Edwards, who is responsible for the... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Being Georgian at Kew Palace

  

  This has been an amazing year for the Historic Royal Palaces thanks to the amazing events they have had going on to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY