Remembering the restoration of Cragside, the world's first hydroelectric house.
Cragside is a country house in the civil parish of Cartington in Northumberland, England. It was the first house in the world to be lit using hydroelectric power. Built into a rocky hillside above a 4...
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Preparing: Prince Charles, pictured with Camilla, is set to take control of the Royal Family media operation within weeks Sally Osman, left, will run a combines press office for both the Queen and...
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http://www.daks.comHRH The Duke of Edinburgh visited the company’s Larkhall factory in Scotland in recognition of its role in exporting goods worldwide.(Larkhall was built in 1948 to Simpson’s...
View ArticleEl Ateneo Grand Splendid bookshop in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
El Ateneo Grand Splendid is one of the best known bookshops in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Situated at 1860 Santa Fe Avenue in Barrio Norte, the building was designed by the architects Peró and Torres...
View ArticleMystery of the Lyubov Orlova: Ghost ship full of cannibal rats ‘could be...
Mystery of the Lyubov Orlova: Ghost ship full of cannibal rats ‘could be heading for British coast’ADAM WITHNALL Thursday 23 January 2014 /...
View ArticlePARIS 1900 / 1930 La Belle époque Rare video, film d'époque france, expo...
“All the images shown below were taken using Autochrome Lumière technology. It's an early color photography process, patented in 1903 and invented by the famous French Auguste and Louis Lumière,...
View ArticleTHE ARCHITECTURE OF WILLIAM LAWRENCE BOTTOMLEY
"Refined country houses, gracious urban dwellings, posh Broadway cafés, exotic nightclubs, and a high-rise apartment building that, 80 years after its construction, is still considered the epitome of...
View ArticleHornets of Kensington. Not fashion. Style.
Bill Hornets The Guv’nor6 apr 2012Kensington's peerless gentlemen's outfitter launches its new promo vid. Featuring the words and wisdom of Bill Hornets as sampled from his appearances on the BBC....
View ArticleThe Bletchley Circle / Season 2 / ITV / 4 Episodes/ 6 januari / 27 januari 2014.
The Bletchley Circle is a 2012 television mystery drama miniseries, set in 1952, about four women who used to work as codebreakers at Bletchley Park. A series of murders takes place that seem to have...
View ArticleMr Selfridge, series 2 ITV
Mr Selfridge, series 2, episode 1, reviewMr Selfridge works more effectively when it doesn't take itself seriously, says Gabriel TateBy Gabriel Tate / 19 Jan 2014 / The Telegraph /...
View ArticleJosephine ... Encore ...Josephine: Desire, Ambition, Napoleon, by Kate Williams
Not tonight, NapoleonJOSEPHINE: DESIRE, AMBITION, NAPOLEON BY KATE WILLIAMS By JANE SHILLINGPUBLISHED: 18:15 GMT, 2 January 2014/...
View ArticleABBOTSFORD. The Queen has reopened Abbotsford, Sir Walter Scott's home in the...
The Queen has reopened Abbotsford, Sir Walter Scott's home in the Borders The Queen keeps Scott’s majesty alive in the BordersIn his day, Walter Scott did more than anyone to bind Scotland and the...
View ArticleTHE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL - Official International Trailer HD
Wes Anderson's THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most...
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