As a child that grew up in Yorkshire, visiting sites of important historical and industrial significance was an almost monthly duty. Whether it was the Mining Museum, which was essentially a glorified coal mine, where the most exciting thing to … Continued
Loch Lomond is a beautiful place, full of proper Scottish vistas and charm. I have stayed near by before and passed by many, many times on the way to Scottish holidays as a child, but I have never once noticed … Continued
Over the years, we ourselves have made many pronunciation errors. IN fact one moment canonised in my university history, was the time I corrected somebody else with the phrase “I believe you have mispr-nun-ced that word” – My housemates never … Continued
Keith is one of those names that it is difficult to imagine a baby being called. Over the years, I have wondered about this mystery and only recently has it come to my attention that names such as Doris, Colin and … Continued
On most days, you are forced to wrench yourself from the warmth and joy that is bed, then trundle round doing stuff that you are obligated, by one ruler or another to do. This we call “Norman Life,” so named … Continued
This feels like the first time that we have sat down in about two months. So we wanted to write a little post to say sorry for not posting regularly in the last few months, to give you a little … Continued