With more Coronation news announced each week, and more royal events taking place around Europe, I am getting excited to see more jewels coming out of hiding this year. And I am thoroughly enjoying myself as I research and write this Royal Jewellers series, it […]

A new year means that new blog series are upon us. In 2022, my Platinum Jubilee series on Queen Elizabeth II’s best jewellery was by and far my most popular Style File Friday series. Seeing as how we have a coronation happening in just five […]

October is Women’s History Month in Canada, so I have been saving this book. Josephine Baker is one of the most impressive figures of the twentieth century. In addition to helping aid the French Resistance during the Second World War, she was the first black […]

London has several cathedrals to take your breath away. Westminster Cathedral has been home to royal coronations for over 1,000. St. Paul’s Cathedral has played host to Jubilee thanksgiving services for Queen Victoria, King George V, and Queen Elizabeth II. And Southwark Cathedral is known […]

Today’s post is a short one, but I hope that everyone is doing well in any case! The blog will be going on hiatus from 14 August to 4 September with a return on Monday, 5 September. I’ve been hit by one of the dreaded […]