Mr. Darcy’s Secret: Caroline Bingley in love!

When writing Mr. Darcy’s Secret, I had a lot of fun with the character of Caroline Bingley. I wondered how she might change if she really fell head over heels for someone, and whether her personality might also be temporarily affected! I decided she might fancy herself capable of all sorts of things if she [...]

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A Love of Costume – Paintings from my sketchbook

This is very tenuously linked from my last post, but one of the exhibitions they had on at Chatsworth featured the costumes from ‘The Duchess’ which starred Keira Knightley and Dominic Cooper who we also know as Mr Willoughby, of course. I think this era and the Regency period have to be my favourite for [...]

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Beatrix Potter and Jane Austen

I’ve been going through some old photos and came across these taken in the Lake District. I have always been a huge admirer of Beatrix Potter’s books ever since my first was given to me at a birthday party. It was the Tale of Tom Kitten and I, like thousands of people before me, soon [...]

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Beatrix Potter and Jane Austen

I’ve been going through some old photos and came across these taken in the Lake District. I have always been a huge admirer of Beatrix Potter’s books ever since my first was given to me at a birthday party. It was the Tale of Tom Kitten and I, like thousands of people before me, soon [...]

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Lizzy Bennet, Lakes and Peaks!

This first photo shows a view from an upstairs room at Brantwood where I was lucky enough to stay a few years ago. My husband and I were working on a project to do with the house which was Ruskin’s home in his latter years. The lovely window has an incredible view which looks out [...]

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Lizzy Bennet, Lakes and Peaks!

This first photo shows a view from an upstairs room at Brantwood where I was lucky enough to stay a few years ago. My husband and I were working on a project to do with the house which was Ruskin’s home in his latter years. The lovely window has an incredible view which looks out [...]

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