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Wednesday Wisdom: Daphne du Maurier

As a teenager, I was always drawn to the darker of the books available: Jane Eyre over Jane Austen, Mary

I love old magazines. They capture an image of the world, with adverts and illustrations showing as much as the

As a child, I loved the play of The Bluebird that my grandfather read to me (and my mother before

Each week, #FolkloreThursday on Twitter floods my timeline with myth, plantlore and folklore in general. This week’s theme is the

Best known as creator of timeless heroine, Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery was a prolific writer, spreading love

This 1930s magazine is refreshing and innocent. The cover advises that cocoa is a meal: a sentiment I can happily

I’ve been researching a book on the Arts and Crafts movement for a while. William Morris is one of the