The Charles Dickens Museum.

The Novelist Charles Dickens lived in this early 19th century terraced house for three years from 1837 to 1839. This is his only London home to have survived and was acquired by the Dickens fellowship and is now a museum.

The Charles Dickens Museum.

At the age of twelve to pay for his board and to help his family, Dickens began working ten hour days at Warren's Blacking Warehouse. He earned six shillings a week pasting labels on shoe polish. Using his many experiences of life he became one of the most famous writers in the world.

Dickens at the Blacking Warehouse artist's impression by Fred Bernard 1904.

Helen Allingham.

Helen Allingham British Painter, 1848 - 1926.

Eastbourne.

Cat On The Stair.

Baking Bread.

Blowing Bubbles In The Garden.

Feeding The Ducks And Wildfowl.

The Clothes Basket.

Gathering Firewood.

Child With Doll.

John Keats house in the village of Hampstead. Historical literary centre London.

Summer.

Dame Laura Knight, Summer.

Dame Laura Knight, Wind And Sun, 1913.

Gold Hill, Shaftesbury.

Photograph of Gold Hill, Shaftesbury made famous by the Hovis advertisements depicting 1940's working class, rural life in England.

The Chiffchaff Arrives.

The Chiffchaff derives its name from its rather monotonous, but unmistakable song. In late March this tiny bird is the first summer song bird to arrive back. Most spend the winter around the mediterranean, a few brave the winter here in England in the south-west. The Chiffchaff usually sings from the top of tall trees as was the case when I heard it for the first time this year.

The English Countryside.