A bicameral parliament, with an upper house, the House of Lords, and a lower house, the House of Commons, the Parliament of Great Britain is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom. When the Founding Fathers of America worked to construct the government, they looked to British Parliament [...]
Archive for November, 2008
November 14th, 2008 - 6:00 am § in Prince of Wales, Royalty
Waiting in the Wings
Today HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales turned sixty, thereby surpassing the term of his great-great grandfather Edward VII as heir to the British Crown by one year (incidentally, Charles is married to the great-granddaughter of Edward’s last mistress, Alice Keppel–how’s that for[...]
Armistice Day
WAR ENDS AT SIX O’CLOCK THIS MORNING The State Department in Washington Made the Announcement at :45 o’Clock ARMISTICE WAS SIGNED IN FRANCE AT MIDNIGHT WASHINGTON, Monday, Nov 11, 2:48 AM–The armistice between Germany, on the one hand, and the allied Governments and the United Stat[...]
More Videos from the Edwardian era
TRAFALGAR SQUARE RIOT (1913) OLD LONDON STREET SCENES LADIES ON BICYCLES CUNARD VESSEL AT LIVERPOOL (1901) See more at the British Film Institute’s YouTube Page – Mitchell & Kenyon Collection: Edwardian Britain on film[...]
The Tailor-Made
Probably this season’s revolution in gown designs has aroused no stronger interest in any point than in regard to tailor-made dresses…the desire to go around with as little luggage as possible, gives special interest to the tailor gown as the most suitable all-around costume yet invented[...]
November 5th, 2008 - 6:00 am § in Amusements, Holidays
Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November
Now November was upon us, and we had kept All-hallow-mas, with roasting of skewered apples (like so many shuttlecocks), and after that the day of Fawkes, as became good Protestants, with merry bonfires and burned batatas, and plenty of good feeding in honor of our religion… - Lorna Doone, by R[...]
November 3rd, 2008 - 3:28 pm § in Etc
Awards to Blogs I Love
The ladies at Jane Austen Today and Elizabeth of Scandalous Women have bestowed high honors upon my blog within the last two months. Without further ado, I pass on the awards to the following: Unusual Historicals Zoe Winters Suzanne Arruda Vauxhall Vixens Belinda Kroll Agent Kristen Nineteen Teen Re[...]
