The English Love of Gardening

The North of England Horticultural Society hosted the Harrogate Flower Show this month. It is one of a good number of flower shows that are held up and down England every year. There was a very large crowd at the Harrogate Show and many people were trailing crates on wheels in which they put the … Read more

Almost Human

We’re changing the look of ecard communications.Take A Look At Our Ecards. In the 1930s a schoolteacher from Devon in England named David Lack researched the life of the British robin. The book he wrote – ‘The Life of the Robin’ – was published in 1943 and has become one of the iconic books on … Read more

The Queen’s Household Cavalry

Viewing Ceremonial Cavalry in Modern-Day London Walking in Whitehall in central London one day several months ago, we caught sight of a troop of Queen Elizabeth II’s Household Cavalry. There in the midst of modern-day streets that were cordoned off and guarded by police officers, we saw lines of magnificent horses groomed to a T … Read more