Topic: July 2009

The National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port

Dateline

Isle of Thanet, Kent

Stately Homes

Living the History

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London and the Best of Wessex

[caption id="LondonandtheBestofWessex_img1" align="aligncenter" width="452"] Those red double decker buses are never out of sight on London’s streets.[/caption]

Eggs Norwegian, Everyday Ephemera and a Bit of Old London Bridge

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A Century of Service for the DBE

SINCE THE FIRST PERMANENT English settlement in Jamestown, countless women with British roots have found a home in America. But that doesn’t mean they’ve forgotten where they came from.

Wimbledon: Come For The Tennis, Stay For The Rest

Wimbledon is well and truly underway. How much do you know about the historic Tournament and location?

Sportsman, Lady–Killer, Renaissance Prince

[caption id="SportsmanLadyKillerRenaissancePrince_Feature" align="aligncenter" width="567"] This famous portrait of King Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger, court painter from 1536 until his death in 1543, hangs in Castle Howard, Yorkshire.[/caption]

A Day to Visit: Winchester

[caption id="ADaytoVisit_Feature" align="aligncenter" width="1024"]With the longest nave of any medieval cathedral in Europe, Gothic Winchester Cathedral has been a site of worship and pilgrimage since the 11th century.[/caption]

Riding the Waverley

Beyond the Bookshelf

The Anglo–File

A Commonplace Book

PAGE 52 ‘WHOE’ER HASTRAVELL’D LIFE’S DULL ROUND, WHERE’ER HIS STAGES MAY HAVE BEEN, MAY SIGH TO THINK HE STILL HAS FOUND THE WARMEST WELCOME AT AN INN.’ — William Shenstone