An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 87 July 27, 2020Clinton HowellClaydon House is in Buckinghamshire, not too far from London, just about two hours by car. Claydon is the kind of house that, if you visit, you will never forget...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 86 July 20, 2020Clinton HowellMy first and only visit to Leeds Castle happened in 1983. The castle dates from 1286 and is best known for housing Henry VIII's first wife, Katherine of Aragon, whist...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 85 July 13, 2020Clinton HowellThe joy of reading about the 18th century--I am still deep into Jenny Uglow's biography of William Hogarth--is that I have read so many books on the period, I recognize...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 84 July 5, 2020Clinton HowellI am torn about what to write about next for a couple of reasons. The foremost is that I am reading a biography of William Hogarth by Jenny Uglow which...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 83 June 29, 2020Clinton HowellThe next house on my list is pretty close to Wiltshire and therefore close to London and easily accessed from London (in a car, not so easily in a train).
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 82 June 22, 2020Clinton HowellI run on at length about going to a house and being surprised by what I find. Seldom is it, however, that I am not surprised. There is always something.