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Soldiers in silhouette: visual shorthand for the First World War

Posted by Katherine on October 25, 2015 in 20th Century, Books, Digital, Television

Does this image look familiar to you? If you’re in the UK you have probably seen it, or images like it, hundreds of times before, particularly last year. And it’s likely that this simple silhouette instantly leads your mind to…

The facts and fictions of Baron von Münchhausen

Posted by Katherine on February 16, 2014 in 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Books, Film

Yesterday I watched Terry Gilliam’s 1988 film, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen for the first time. It stars John Neville as the Baron and Eric Idle as Berthold. It’s a fantastic film, completely absorbing and surreal with amazing sets, stunts and action which look…

Book Review: Spare Brides by Adele Parks

Posted by Katherine on February 12, 2014 in 20th Century, Books

Adele Parks is a very successful novelist, whose books have so far been set in the modern day and have followed the lives of different women. She has made her first step into historical fiction with this new novel, Spare…

‘British Reserved, Not Unfriendly’ – Americans in Britain 1942

Posted by Katherine on October 22, 2013 in 20th Century, Books

On 11 December 1941, the USA declared war on Germany and Italy on the same day that Hitler declared war on the USA. The first American servicemen arrived in Britain on 26 January 1942 and to prepare them for the…

Robert May – The Accomplisht Cook

Posted by Katherine on May 5, 2013 in 16th Century, 17th Century, Books

Robert May was born in Wing in Buckinghamshire around 1588. He worked with his father who served as cook for the Dormer family of Ascott Park and was eventually sent to France to learn the secrets of cookery. He served…

Ivanhoe, ‘freelance’ and Sir Walter Scott

Posted by Katherine on July 31, 2012 in 19th Century, Books, Medieval

The term freelance today means self-employed, i.e. not committed to one single employer. This meaning developed in the late nineteenth century, but the word itself was first used by Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) in his historical novel Ivanhoe, published in…

Guest post: A Tour of London in 1666

Posted by Katherine on September 10, 2011 in 17th Century, Books, Guest, Local

By Richard Denning I am delighted to be a guest on Lovely Old Tree. I am a Young adult sci-fi, historical fiction and historical fantasy writer. This post is part of a blog tour celebrating the release of my historical…

Book review: The Last Seal by Richard Denning

Posted by Katherine on September 10, 2011 in 17th Century, Books

The Last Seal is a young adult historical fantasy novel set during the Great Fire of London and is part of the Praesidium series by Richard Denning. When it comes to reviewing new books, I certainly can’t claim to be…

Ealing Broadway 1938-1957

Posted by Katherine on April 2, 2009 in 20th Century, Books, Local

These photos are of Ealing Broadway from Britain in Old Photographs and are compared with my photos taken this year. This first one was taken in 1938 and shows The Feathers pub, a no. 97 bus to Brentford and the…

Northfields Avenue 1907-1913

Posted by Katherine on February 24, 2009 in 20th Century, Books, Local

Here’s a few more photograph comparisons of Ealing, West London, this time of Northfields Avenue. Again the old photos are from Britain in Old Photographs and the new ones I took a few weeks ago. These all show the junction…

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