Thanksgiving: An American Affair
To those across the pond the fourth Thursday in November heralds Thanksgiving and the start…
Author Margaret May
Taking to the Thames
Londoners take it for granted, visitors often miss the opportunity its views afford; but it’s…
Genealogical Journeys
So Derek Jacobi’s a Huguenot descendant? And Paul Hollywood comes from war hero stock? As…
The English Dandy: Who, Sir? Me, Sir?
Margaret May muses on the erstwhile English Dandy – his emergence, his rise to pre-eminence…
What Folly Is This: Clytha Castle
Wales – Cymru. I’ve come from Abergavenny in South Wales – a town that seems…
In Search of Bonaparte’s Paris
Following the recent bicentennial of the Battle of Waterloo, it seemed only fitting to see…
Glastonbury: The West Country’s Camelot
Enduring, apocryphal, shrouded in myth and legend – as are the places she visits -…
The Pursuit of Idleness
What a delectable notion is the concept of idleness. The very word conjures up a…
A Tubular Experience
For those of us that live there the London Underground is one of life’s mundane…
Heaven is a Hotel called Annabelle
Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year as Cyprus’s first luxury hotel, Margaret May dips into…
Stourhead: A Landscape for all Seasons
As autumn closes its cold, firework-illuminated fingers around us, Margaret May takes us on a journey through Stourhead, where history and nature gather in a National Trust treasure…