Anyone for billiart? Give us a cue…
It comes as no surprise to see that billiards and croquet share a common ancestry (perhaps both derived from the Italian game of troco, and… Read More »Anyone for billiart? Give us a cue…
It comes as no surprise to see that billiards and croquet share a common ancestry (perhaps both derived from the Italian game of troco, and… Read More »Anyone for billiart? Give us a cue…
Once in a blue moon I think it is a good idea to leave the comfort of the Eighteenth Century and visit the present time:… Read More »Philip Jackson – a sculptor of all ages
Captain Cook encouraged the making of spruce beer on his long sea-voyages because he knew it helped prevent scurvy. Nowadays we know that the tips… Read More »Captain James Cook: the man who championed spruce beer
The sheer cacophony of London’s 18th Century street vendors must have been deafening, especially when they resorted to blowing their own trumpets! I am indebted to… Read More »Street cries, trumpeters, and a saw… a noise indeed!
The artist George Cruikshank is associated with a series of illustrations entitled “Monstrosities”showing fashion in its exaggerated forms, in different years. First though, here is… Read More »Monstrosities – a cartoonists view of fashion.