The link between investment manager McInroy & Wood and one of the greatest letter writers of the 19th century may not be immediately obvious. There is also a tenuous link to the greatest diarist of the 20th century. This sounds like a question on the venerable (started in 1947) radio programme Round Britain Quiz.
Month: October 2017
Building Barons Court
A Special Bond
Three Châtelaines, One Palazzo
The sky was a sulphurous yellow, a strong wind caused the leaves to eddy and rain threatened as I searched Brompton Cemetery for a grave. The Friends office, where I might have been guided to it, was closed and I thought I’d take a final look round this Gothic location at the risk of being… Continue reading Three Châtelaines, One Palazzo
The Master of the Rolls
Quiz Answers
Quiz
Gardening
Victoria Summerley (writer) and Hugo Rittson Thomas (photographer) had an original idea in 2015. They would write a coffee table book about gardens in Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. The outcome was Secret Gardens of the Cotswolds and it was successful enough for them to venture a sequel this month.
Stefan Zweig
Yesterday I inadvertently omitted another novelist born in 1881. But perhaps it’s impossible to omit something inadvertently of which you are ignorant at the time? My host at lunch this week said that he has been an admirer of the Austrian writer, Stefan Zweig, for many years. I had never heard of him and had… Continue reading Stefan Zweig