flowersandstripes

Are you enjoying the new series of Downton Abbey? Sunday evenings once more have a rhythm to them. 'I must agree with you when you spe...

One of the books I've enjoyed having the time to read this holiday is Mrs Bridge. But oh my the ending. This passage has been me this we...

There are lots of times in our house when I think of the women before who lived here. Often when reading books I wonder about who lived here...

'She remembered the great decorated kitchen, with holly hung from the rafters among the salt-rimed shrouded hams and puddings, a fiddler...

Last time I saw mum she raved about this book. She lent me her copy. I loved it so much I now want my own. At the same time mum also made su...

'That's what's so wonderful about living out of England,' he said, pacing round the small kitchen, ' such a glorious fee...

Thank you to everyone who has blogged so eloquently and passionately about Dorothy Whipple. I absolutely loved High Wages. It was a perfect ...

Alot of the talking and thinking happens in the kitchen in A House in the Country. "Cressida Chance, alone in the kitchen, slammed...