Unknown 01.58 Add Comment Edit Seedtime & Harvest I have a wonderful little book, Seedtime & Harvest, the diary of an Essex farmer, William Barnard of Harlowbury. The book is published b... Read More
Unknown 08.56 Add Comment afternoon tea, Ancient Rome, Biscuits, Royal Navy Edit A Brief History of Dunking Biscuits With the new series of the Great British Bake Off in full swing on the BBC there has already been controversy over whether or not it is appr... Read More
Unknown 22.56 Add Comment Buckingham Palace, Elizabeth Hawksley, heraldry, Northern Ireland flax, Scottish thistle, Tudor rose, Welsh leek, Yvonne Holton Edit The Four Flowers of Britain Flowers are important to novelists; a young man will shyly offer a girl a rose; a child will bring a mother a posy on Mother's Day, we u... Read More
Unknown 16.30 Add Comment 18th century, debutante, duke, Georgian, Melinda Hammond, romance Edit Sneak Preview THE DUKE & THE DEBUTANTE by Melinda Hammond So, September is here, the summer holidays are over and we are looking forward to autumn, with those longer nights when it is lovely to cu... Read More