It’s exam revision time in our house so I escaped to London; I might have been in Manhattan for the number of Yankee accents around. London is full of Americans!
I’ve just googled Chippendale and been offered a choice of mahogany-tanned young men in the buff. Tsk! I wanted Thomas Chippendale, Britain’s most celebrated furniture maker, not The Chippendales in their teeny weeny shorts. Buffed in a different way, perhaps.
Visit Scotland have declared 2018 ‘The Year of Young People’. Here are some ideas for Scottish places to follow the youth of the past; if you want to entertain today’s youth, there’ll be plenty of ideas under What’s On!
It’s happened! There is always a day when you spot the first snowdrop and know that Spring is on the way. I have just seen my first out on a walk with Walpole, so now I know that the time has come to plan a Snowdrop Walk. Many heritage gardens open specially to show off their snowdrops and I know of no better way to say goodbye to winter. Here’s a baker’s dozen of top snowdrop gardens this year.
With the anniversary of votes for (some) women on 6 February followed by International Women’s Day on 8 March, are you asking yourself what you would have done when the suffragettes were on the rampage? As a bit of a thank you to them, I thought I’d share with you my top six political women who did get involved and whose stories you can trace at historic places in Britain this year.
to add an item to your Itinerary basket.
