I like to think that this Christmas Gift Guide is a very realistic one. While glossy magazines show us gifts in the region of £1500 +, this blog is different! Something for all price points (from £3 to a smidge over £50) there’s a gift for everyone.
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Christmas Book Gift Guide
Imagine receiving a pile of books like this on Christmas Day! I, for one, would be thrilled. This is my list of To Be Read this Christmas. Some new releases, some that have been released this year or a bit before… Continue reading Christmas Book Gift Guide
Turner Exhibition at The Lightbox
An exhibition exploring J.M.W Turner’s work of Surrey has opened at The Lightbox in Woking. Continue reading Turner Exhibition at The Lightbox
Autumn Walk at RHS Wisley
Spurred on by the sunshine today, I went for a walk around RHS Wisley.
Sheffield Park
RHS Wisley in September
Favourite Things Of The Month
This month has kindled some new favourite things. Continue reading Favourite Things Of The Month
RHS Wisley Summer Visit
The summer holiday isn’t complete without a trip to Wisley.
Jane Austen’s House Museum
Two hundred years ago Jane Austen left her house in Chawton for Winchester for medical treatment, where she died in July 1817.
This is the house where Jane Austen lived from 1809 to 1817. Here, she revised her earlier novels Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice and saw them published. She wrote Mansfield Park, Emma and Persuasion and began her last and uncompleted novel, Sanditon. Continue reading Jane Austen’s House Museum
Evelyn Dunbar at The Watts Gallery
Evelyn Dunbar was the only salaried female World War II artist, yet the importance of her work is continually being reassessed and belatedly recognised. Continue reading Evelyn Dunbar at The Watts Gallery