As someone who is interested in art history but has no actual training in it, I find that a lot of books written for the general reading public focus on the same artists. And I understand to a degree- they want to capitalise on what […]

Windsor Castle is the largest occupied castle in the world, and I believe the oldest continuously occupied castle in the world. King Henry I was the first monarch to live at the castle, with every subsequent English/British monarch living there. It is actually one of […]

Although one of my 2026 reading goals is to read more non-fiction, I still read a lot of fiction with historical fiction topping the list. And as such, I tend to keep an eye on what is coming out over the next twelve to eighteen […]

I originally started this series to highlight the royal consorts who have largely been forgotten from our collective memory- they are in the records, but beyond that, they are rarely ever mentioned. This also applies to royal daughters and sisters. The consort for this month […]

*UPDATED: FEBRUARY 2026* Now that we have a second season of Artful Dodger, we needed to update the reading list!  Many people missed it in the holiday rush but at the end of November 2023, one of my favourite period dramas ever was released. (Yes, it […]