Yearly Archive: 2007

spice up your Halloween

Say you spend a day looking for a blonde wig (200 pounds at Selfridges? not likely!) and finally run one to earth at your child’s...

Irish adventures come to an end

We ventured a tiny ways afield, to Jerpoint Abbey near Thomastown, and it is worth a visit. Massive Gothic church and the ruins of a...

lazy Castle days

Isn’t it wonderful to sit around? You can repair to a chintz-covered sofa before a roaring fire, or stretch out on your medieval-canopied bed (Avery...