Monthly Archives: January 2010
Sandersons wallpaper factory in Loughborough
At the Sandersons factory in Loughborough, I had the PRIVILEGE of making William Morris wallpaper using an original Morris block. Unfortunately my efforts looked rather like those potato print pictures kids make at playgroup. Not as easy as it looks!
Continue Readingnot very cool to brag, but bear with me
Yes, I know it isn’t very cool to brag about compliments one has received, but bear with me, this one is really great. A lovely lady in Finland writes: ‘I’ve watched TV programs of Yours. I’m very happy to tell you that those programs they are refreshing unlike some ‘traditional’ history documents. There are enough
Continue Readinga week without washing culminates in Pomander Day
Pomander day. I had to take a pomander to work today because it was the end of my week following a Tudor personal hygiene regime: no bath or shower. Or shampoo, toothpaste or deodorant. The pomander was made according to George Cavendish’s description of Cardinal Wolsey’s: an orange with the meat removed, replaced with a sponge
Continue ReadingA busy day back at the office at Hampton Court
A busy day back at the office at Hampton Court. I felt like Mrs Delaney, c. 1750: ‘she works for all hours and occasions, and finds full employment for her hands even between the coolings of her cup of tea’.
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