England Their England by A.G. Macdonell was first published in 1933 and it won the James Tait Black prize that year. My copy is a lovely illustrated Folio Society one. The only other book I’ve read by him was a … Continue reading
Seaton Delaval Hall is a National Trust property in Northumberland which we visited back in October when we went on a north of England road trip. Parts of the house are really just a shell as there was a fire … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago we stopped off in Haddington in passing. A friend had told us that St Mary’s Church there was worth seeing. Unfortunately it wasn’t open that day, but it was still worth a visit. The photo … Continue reading
It was way back in April that we visited the Roman camp at Vindolanda, as you can see from the photo above it’s still a very rural and scenic part of the country. There are still excavations ongoing here but … Continue reading
Visitors From England by the Scottish author Elisabeth Kyle was published in 1941, but my copy is a 1962 reprint. Peter and his sister Margot are having to spend their holidays in Scotland, with complete strangers. Their mother is seriously … Continue reading
England Expects by Sara Sheridan was published in 2014 and it’s the third in the author’s Mirabelle Bevan series. The setting is mainly Brighton during a summer heatwave in 1953. Joey Gillingham has just arrived in Brighton on an early … Continue reading
It was an article in The Guardian that led us to visit the teeny wee village of Romaldkirk in Teesdale, north England, back in September. It was the first time we had been away from home since the pandemic. It … Continue reading
We’ve done hardly any travelling around since Covid so I haven’t been doing much blogging about what I regard anyway as interesting places, and even when we did travel in May – to the County Durham area – I only … Continue reading
SEE SCOTLAND BY TRAIN is a slim paperback book (60 pages) produced by National Museums of Scotland and if you like those vintage railway posters that seem to have had their heyday back in the 1930s then you’ll enjoy the … Continue reading
We visited the Beamish Folk Museum in County Durham – north east England in June last year and I could have sworn that I had done several blogposts about it soon after the visit, but it seems that I didn’t … Continue reading