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Serviette or Napkin

It is one of the burning issues of our age, whether a properly brought up person (like what all readers of this blog are certain to be) should refer to… Read more »

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On the back of an envelope…

When I was about fifteen – living in Somerset – I discovered penfriends. I can’t remember much about any of them and the long distance relationship was generally very short-lived…. Read more »

Nostalgia, Posts, Social History   

Salad Days

Sir John Evelyn, best known for his diary, was also a vegetarian and a fan of salads and would hopefully have approved of the salad pictured above. His 1699 book… Read more »

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They flog horses – don’t they?

The writer of Ecclesiastes observed that the race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong – but he’d probably never tried to buy tickets online… Read more »

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A Taste of India – possibly

When the first dedicated Indian restaurant – the Hindoostanee – was opened in London in 1809 by an enterprising immigrant called Dean Mahomed, it boasted of “Indian dishes, in the highest… Read more »

Food, London, Nostalgia, Popular Culture, Posts, Social History   

Always leave them wanting more…

I can’t really understand the appeal of ‘binge-watching’ –  viewing a complete tv series (or box-set) in one sitting. This is clearly an example of the modern desire for instant… Read more »

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Battersea’s Patron Saint?

  So far the only saint with any Battersea connections seems to be Saint Ethelburga, who was probably just visiting her brother Saint Erkenwald, Bishop of London who may have… Read more »

Forgotten Icons, Literature, London, Posts, Social History   

Water water everywhere – in bottles at least

There may not be life on Mars but it’s just been confirmed that there is water – a whole underground lake of it around 12 miles across. But it’s probably… Read more »

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I Go – I Come Back!

“I go – I come back” was one of the phrases born out of the whimsically surreal and satirical radio series It’s That Man Again (ITMA) which entertained wartime and… Read more »

Forgotten Icons, Nostalgia, Popular Culture, Posts, Social History   

Phew what a scorcher…

The famous headline apparently was never used in quite quite that form which is a bit of a blow, but it’s certainly been quoted as such ever since.  And (as… Read more »

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