Elizabeth II on her wedding day.

Elizabeth II on her wedding day.

Two Worlds.

Night And Evening 1930 by Ernest Procter.

Between two worlds life hovers like a star,
'Twixt night and moon, upon the horizon's Verge.
How little do we know that which we are!
How less what we may be!
~ Byron.

William Blake.

William Blake 1757-1827 English poet, painter, and printmaker. Influential in the history of poetry and the visual arts of the Romantic Age.

William Blake, Ancient Of Days.

God Appears and God is Light
To those poor souls who dwell in night,
But does a human form display
To those who dwell in realms of day.

William Blake.

Beau Brummell.

Englishman Beau Brummell 1778 - 1840. Nineteenth century dandy he hired the best tailors and wore the most perfect cuts and finest fabrics. With his desire to put together an elegant manly look he became the designer of the first suit as we know it today.

Arthur Rackham.

Arthur Rackham 1867 - 1939, English Artist, noted for his book illustrations.

Peter Pan, Arthur Rackham.








Peter Pan, The Serpentine, Arthur Rackham.

Charleston.

"It will be an odd life, but...it ought to be a good one for painting."the words of the artist Vanessa Bell talking about her life in 1916 when she moved to Charleston Sussex. Charleston became the country home of the Bloomsbury group. The walls, doors and furniture are decorated with art inspired by Italian fresco painting and the Post-Impressionists.

Charleston Farmhouse, Sussex.








Charleston Farmhouse, The Studio.

Bill Brandt British Society 1930's.

Bill Brandt a photographer and photojournalist was born in Hamburg, Germany, son of a British father and German mother In 1933 Brandt moved to London and began documenting all levels of British society.

Parlour maid At The Window Kensington 1939.

Cocktails In A Surrey Garden 1938.

Miss Hibbott, A Lyons Tea Room Waitress 1939.

In A Mayfair Drawing Room 1930's.

Rainswept Roofs 1930's.

Lamplighter Kensington 1930's.

Homes Fit For Heroes 1939-1943.

The English At Home.

Housewife In Bethnal Green 1937.

Parlourmaid And Under Parlourmaid Ready To Serve Dinner 1939.

Piccadilly Circus 1930's.

RMS Queen Elizabeth 1936.

The English At Home 1940.

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.

The Round Tower, Windsor.

The White Tower Chapel.

The Tower Of London.

Canary Wharf.

Buckingham Palace.