An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 160 December 20, 2021Clinton HowellThe first Christmas I spent in the U.K. was in 1971 and was unlike any I'd experienced. The food and drink was non-stop beginning December 1st and ending some time...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 159 December 13, 2021Clinton HowellI learned about Blickling Hall from an article about the house in "The Magazine Antiques" some time in the early 1980"s. I think it was photographs of the hedging coupled...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 158 December 6, 2021Clinton HowellThe County of Norfolk boasts some extraordinary country houses and the most significant, at least from my point of view, is Houghton Hall. Houghton was built by Robert Walpole, England's...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 157 November 29, 2021Clinton HowellCoincidentally, after my observation that skirt lengths changed after the introduction of the mini skirt, I learned that Parisian women (how many I have no idea) painted their knees to...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 156 November 22, 2021Clinton HowellI have been invited to have a booth at the Winter Antiques Show in January, 2022, which will be a return to the show for me--the last time I had...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 155 November 15, 2021Clinton HowellI have visited a number of houses two, three, four or even more times, often, like the London houses, because they are easy for me to get to. Chatsworth in...
