Tag: Elizabeth I

Monday lunch with the Tudors

I’m reading C J Sansom’s latest book Tombland, a murder-mystery set in 1549 and starring the lawyer Matthew Shardlake as medieval sleuth. It’s a time of change. The…

Charlton House

James I, the King Of Scotland, who also took over the crown of England when Elizabeth I died childless, had this house built for Sir Adam Newton who…

There’s Sutton going on around here

There used to be a huge medieval house on the edge of Church Path that led between the small villages of Hackney and Homerton. Called Tan House, it…

Christmas at The Spaniards

A cold foggy day in the deliciously dead period between Christmas and New Year when London, emptied-out for the holidays, takes a breath and relaxes. My very favourite…