Stained-glass windows, made up of coloured and painted glass pieces held together by lead strips, were especially popular in Europe in the period between 1150 and 1550, when they were a prominent ...

It was Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's consort, who decided to move the kitchen ... of your cotelettes d'agneau en Belle-Vue . . . when the sovereign was done, your plates were whisked away, to be ...

Queen Victoria is commonly credited with the wide-scale popularity of the white wedding dress, but how did this association come about? In 1840, on the day of her wedding, Queen Victoria stated she ...

The most famous pub in Victoria — surely — the ... is certainly an original feature. The Albert is famous, or rather infamous, for its etched glass windows. Back in the naughty noughties ...

Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s husband died in 1861 ... has the aperture placed below the Royal coat of arms and a moulded surround to the collection plate. This particular box began it’s life ...

The German prince who swept the young Queen Victoria off her feet and shared her life for 21 years was also a man of ambition. With a steely determination to be a statesman of influence in his own ...

and plate glass from Liverpool. What in the 18th century would have been available only to aristocrats was now on show in every smart middle-class home. The middle classes needed servants too, and in ...

The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A ... However, the art of antiquity in most areas is not collected. The holdings of ceramics, glass, textiles, costumes, silver, ironwork, jewellery, ...

Hand pies are perfect, as no plates or cutlery are necessary and you’ve still ... The recipe for the hot water crust pastry is from Victoria's blog, where she uses it to make delicious Ham hock and ...

The dining concept is more Mediterranean: a menu that leapfrogs from one small plate to another ... the Science and the Victoria and Albert museums. The Royal Albert Hall is also in the neighbourhood, ...

Knightsbridge has a distinctly Middle Eastern flavor, supercars with Arabic number plates parading around the neighborhood ... A stone’s throw from the Natural History Museum is the Victoria and ...