Tea with Marie Antoinette
It is summer here and we are finally having some freedom again, so I am enjoying the rare opportunity to go places. I have been visiting...
Inspired by the Muses
When in the late 18th and early 19th Century excavations in Southern Italy, Greece and Turkey started to reveal the long forgotten...
Under the Bells of Bow
Last month I wrote in Homes & Antiques about the Chelsea factory, and this month I am moving across London to Bow, its sister factory...
Acanthus
You had to go without a blog post last week as I was on holiday in Cornwall... but while there I came across something interesting. You...
Toulouse
This last month has been full of great sporting tournaments: the European football title, the Wimbledon tennis tournament, and of course...
Made in Chelsea
It is that time of the month; you can now read my latest column in Homes & Antiques, called "Made in Chelsea". This month I am writing...
Partners in Battle
You may know that I love a good porcelain figure... not the gaudy figures that you can find in a charity shop, but the true masterpieces...
Mme de Pompadour and Mme du Barry
I wrote about the colour pink a few weeks ago (you can read it here). Then recently I came across a pink conundrum that puzzled everyone...
Sea shells, feathers and a lion
A while ago you might have seen a wonderful set of plates similar to these, made by Chamberlains in Worcester in about 1815. That set was...
Summer Hike
What better to do on a muggy summer day than to go on a hike in the countryside? But if you struggle to get out, I know a way to see the...
