Does it really matter what these affectionate people do-- so long as they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the horses!
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 for structure, creating the Senate [...]
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 coming full circle). Like Bertie, Charles has weathered scandals regarding his [...]
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 States, on the other, has been signed.
– New York Times
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NEWS OF ARMISTICE [...]
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
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 for women. With the help of fancy blouses, dainty [...]
