A Library Love Letter
A Love Letter to Norwich City Library As a child I was lucky to grow up with a mother that valued books above all other possessions and the house was full of books. At school I would come home with […]
Research
Three Great Families and their Gardens
,Three Great Families and their Gardens – Caroline Rayman – BODFAS (This lecture was from a previous year when we obviously didn’t have an issue with Covid-19) First Bodfas of the year and I’m going to try to make everyone […]
The Elizabethan and Jacobean Country House – Dr David Bostwick.
A Throwback Post – The Arts Society Obviously there are no lectures at the moment so he’s one from a few years back. All of these houses added to the inspiration for Ariana’s ancestral home – Hiverton Manor. Finally arrived […]
Having greatness thrust upon you
The Unlikely Rise of Certain Young Women It may seem far fetched that Ariana, the heroine in my novel, suddenly becomes the Countess of Wiverton when she is just twenty-eight, but compared to some, she’s a bit long in the […]
Fabulous Faberge – The Jewel of the Russian Downfall
These are my notes from a recent Art Society talk. Really loved this one but then who doesn’t love jewels and revolution? The Imperial Easter Eggs of Carl Fabergé by Toby Faber* “Between 1885 and 1916, Carl Fabergé made fifty […]
Persian delights. Iranian art and architecture
Behind the Veil: the Arts of Islamic Persia – John Osborne So my second BODFAS approached and I was determined not to make such a mess of it this time. However, the fates are cruel and things cropped up. The phone rang […]